Greenhouse gas, any gas capable of absorbing infrared radiation net heat energy emitted from earths surface and reradiating it back to earths surface, thus contributing to the phenomenon known as the greenhouse effect. Greenhouse effect, global warming, carbon sequestration pmf ias. This protocol has been modified from the emissions reductions from biochar projectsmethodology, that was submitted for approval under the american carbon registry funded by blue moon fund. A corporate accounting and reporting standard revised environmental resources trust corporate greenhouse gas verification guideline 122004. Nikolas bader et raimund bleischwitz, measuring urban greenhouse gas emissions. Charlottesville emissions reports charlottesville, va. Supplementary methods and good practice guidance arising from the kyoto protocol 4. Kyoto protocol is an international treaty adopted in kyoto, japan, on 11 december 1997 and entered into force on 16 february 2005. Inventory reporting a greenhouse gas inventory report includes a set of standard reporting tables covering all relevant gases, categories and years, and a written report that documents the methodologies and data used to prepare the estimates. The key issues are to quantify the atmos pheric distributions, trends, sources and sinks of green house gases and their precursors, and to understand the processes controlling their global budgets in order to relate. A corporate accounting and reporting standard, revised edition the protocol. To better track and understand our ghg emissions, ifc partnered. Ghg protocol corporate accounting and reporting standard corporate. Zentra working papers in transnational studies, 2016.
Greenhouse gas protocol for biochar projects final. The greenhouse gas protocol world resources report. In cases where protocols are adapted from existing protocols, environment and climate change canada will build on protocol adaptation processes developed in other systems and iso 14080. It introduced legally binding constraints on ghg emissions, but also introduced mechanisms aimed at cutting the cost of curbing emissions wallerhunter 2002. The scope of the protocol is to provide a quantification methodology that offset project developers can use to quantify greenhouse gas emission reductions from a methane vent reduction project.
To date, the ghg protocol initiative comprises two separate but linked standards. The district has developed a protocol protocol pdf summary pdf that provides a rigorous accounting framework for quantifying greenhouse gas emission offset credits for biomass waste for energy projects. Local government operations protocol for greenhouse gas. This page includes summary information and downloadable. Greenhouse gas emissions in king county 6 the emissions intensity of producing different goods and services can vary dramatically. Background california local governments have taken an active role in fighting climate change and reducing greenhouse gas ghg emissions. Iso 14064 international standard for ghg emissions inventories. Greenhouse gas ghg report greenhouse gas report carbon footprint iberdrola has been calculating the companys carbon footprint for eleven years through greenhouse gas inventory. Technical guidance for calculating scope 3 emissions.
Greenhouse gas ghg verification guideline series, natural gas fired microturbine electrical generators pdf 95 pp, 1. Figure i overview of ghg protocol scopes and emissions across the value chain. California climate action registry general reporting protocol, version 2. Use of a reduced electricity emissions factor without biogenic emissions from xcel energy. A process flow diagram for a typical methane vent reduction project is shown in. Aug 28, 2018 natural gas use are captured under the stationary energy sector per gpc. Greenhouse gas protocol for biochar projects teresa koper, senior project analyst, the climate trust history. The kyoto protocol is an immensely complex and farreaching document, but its most significant impact is simple and straightforward. Ghg greenhouse gas ghgrp epas greenhouse gas reporting program previously the greenhouse gas mandatory reporting rule or mrr goco governmentowned, contractoroperated.
This protocol is considered current best practice for corporate or organisational greenhouse gas emissions reporting. Jul 15, 2009 the greenhouse gas protocol jointly developed by the world resources institute and the world business council for sustainable development in 2004. The gpc is the global reporting standard used by the compact of mayors and other large participating municipalities. Greenhouse gas inventory and tracking in portfolio manager. A comparison of the part 1 against the wbcsdwri ghg protocol will demonstrate how part 1 is compatible with the ghg protocol. Per the citys global covenant of mayors commitment, data beginning with the 2016 inventory report follow the global protocol for communityscale greenhouse gas emissions inventories gpc. The treaty intends to commit state parties to reduce greenhouse gas ghgs emissions. The greenhouse gas protocol initiative is a multistakeholder partnership of businesses, nongovernmental organizations ngos, governments, and others convened by the world resources institute wri, a u. The ge greenhouse gas ghg inventory follows the world resources institute world business council for sustainable development wriwbcsd greenhouse gas protocol. Distributed generation and combined heat and power field testing protocol pdf 106 pp, 1. The carbon footprint represents the total volume of greenhouse gases gg resulting from everyday economic and human activity. Greenhouse gas protocol corporate accounting and reporting standard developed by the world resources institute wri and world business council for sustainable development.
Ghg protocol for project accounting greenhouse gas protocol. The following list shall replace the list under the heading greenhouse gases in annex a to the protocol. Federal greenhouse gas accounting and reporting guidance. Pdf on nov 1, 2005, janet ranganathan published the greenhouse gas protocol. When in doubt about applying the tools explained in this guide to. Ghg emissions have been reported by the three wbcsdwri scopes. Pdf the global protocol for communityscale greenhouse gas. Global protocol for communityscale greenhouse gas emission inventories gpc. This protocol was developed as the accounting framework to provide a relevant, complete, consistent and transparent account of an organizations ghg emissions. A corporate accounting and reporting standard developed by the world business council for sustainable development and the world resources institute. Given the relative emissions contributions of each gas, ch 4 and n. This document specifies principles and requirements at the organization level for the quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas ghg emissions and removals. Measuring urban greenhouse gas emissions openedition journals.
A greenhouse gas sometimes abbreviated ghg is a gas that absorbs and emits radiant energy within the thermal infrared range, causing the greenhouse effect. Mar 30, 2004 the greenhouse gas protocol initiative is a multistakeholder partnership of businesses, nongovernmental organizations ngos, governments, and others convened by the world resources institute wri, a u. Greenhouse gas ghg calculations should include destination and ghg impacts of all products and byproducts from the project. Since the ghg protocol is concerned with accounting for emissions at the corporate level, it covers a number of issues that are not touched upon by other reporting. This ghg protocol corporate standard provides standards and guidance for companies and other types of organizations2 preparing a ghg emissions inventory. Launching of iso 14064 for greenhouse gas accounting and. The ghg protocol corporate accounting and reporting standard provides requirements and guidance for companies and other organizations preparing a. Quantification protocol for greenhouse gas emission. Greenhouse gas technology center verified technologies etv. It covers the accounting and reporting of the six greenhouse gases covered by the kyoto protocol carbon dioxide co 2, methane ch 4, nitrous oxide n 2. Download free pdf the global protocol for communityscale greenhouse gas emission inventories gpc a new passage point on an old road. Greenhouse gases reflect infrared radiation, so some of the heat leaving the earth bounces off the greenhouse gases in our atmosphere and comes back to the earths surface. Local officials have expressed a need for a set of methodologies and data sources to inventory the ghg emissions from their government operations and to quantify the emissions impact of local government policies and programs. Greenhouse gas protocol corporate accounting standard developed by the world business council for sustainable development and the world resources institute.
The greenhouse gas protocol developed by the world resources institute. Greenhouse gases carbon dioxide co2 methane ch4 nitrous oxide n2o hydrofluorocarbons hfcs perfluorocarbons pfcs sulphur hexafluoride sf6 nitrogen trifluoride nf3 1 c. This thesis proposes the restaurant ghg guideline, a holistic protocol, to document and assess the greenhouse gas emissions generated by processes that occur both directly and indirectly in the operation of a restaurant. National territorynational inventories include greenhouse gas emissions and removals. Existing greenhouse gas ghg accounting protocols either have a narrow focus on emissions from processes that occur. Pdf greenhouse gas emission reduction under the kyoto. This is called the greenhouse effect, in a comparison to the heattrapping glass on a greenhouse.
Looking at emissions per dollar can help inform how to shift to lowerghg consumption patterns. Emissions related to fuel combustion for transportation occurring within san antonio city boundaries and from consumption of gridsupplied electricity for in boundary transportation. Fossil fuel combustion converts carbon that had been stored deep in the earth to carbon dioxide that enters the atmosphere. Organizations should account for all co 2, ch 4, and n 2o emissions associated with stationary combustion. For renewable energy projects, life cycle ghg emission analysis of. Ebrd protocol for assessment of greenhouse gas emissions. Gsa general services administration gsf gross square feet. The ebrd ghg assessment methodology developed for this purpose provided a framework for the integration of ghg assessments into project due diligence and. The net changes in greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks resulting from direct humaninduced landuse change and forestry activities, limited to afforestation, reforestation and deforestation since 1990, measured as verifiable changes in carbon stocks in. Principles of greenhouse gas accounting the ghg protocol is based on five principles. Atmospheric concentrations of several important greenhouse gases have increased significantly since largescale industrialization began around 200 years ago4.
The primary greenhouse gases in earths atmosphere are water vapor h 2 o, carbon dioxide co 2, methane ch 4, nitrous oxide n 2 o, and ozone o 3. The difference between these two documents is that the ghg protocol identifies, explains, and provides. Data collection is an integral part of developing and updating a ghg inventory. These emissions accounting standards, called the greenhouse gas protocol.
Carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor are the most important greenhouse gases. The ghg protocol for project accounting find, read and cite all the. Petroleum industry guidelines for reporting greenhouse gas emissions. Important for the ias exam, download the kyoto protocol notes pdf. The purpose was to see climate change impacts in the wider context of the transition impacts of ebrd projects. Draft 2025 target setting protocol finance initiative.
A common method for quantifying organizationlevel carbon output is the greenhouse gas ghg protocol 27, an accounting standard by. Greenhouse gas protocol report for the university of edinburgh. Ge utilizes the protocol for all definitions, assumptions, and calculations. Ghg protocol is developing standards, tools and online training that helps countries, cities and companies track progress towards their climate goals ghg protocol establishes frameworks to measure and manage greenhouse gas ghg emissions from private and public sector operations, value chains and mitigation actions.
The greenhouse gas protocol framework figure 1 provides for specification on the six 6 major steps in the ghg accounting and reporting process, beginning with a setting your entitys boundary to b identifying emissions sources within the boundary, d to. Kyoto protocol step towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The kyoto protocol is an international treaty which extends the 1992 united nations framework convention on climate change unfccc that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that part one global warming is occurring and part two that humanmade co 2 emissions are driving it. National greenhouse gas inventory manual of procedures. Biomass waste for energy greenhouse gas protocol placer. Greenhouse gas assessment emissions methodology publications. Greenhouse gas protocol mitigation goals accounting and. Iso 14064 international standard for ghg emissions.
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