Resources for Emissions Reduction
In addition to the Emissions Tracker tool, Project 2° helps cities in their fight against rising GHG emissions by providing a wide range of informational resources, including case studies that document successful reduction efforts and strategies around the world, expert advice, Project 2° Administrators & Users Guidance Manual, and the ICLEI Local Government GHG Emissions Analysis Protocol.
Around the world, cities are gaining ground in the fight to slow and reduce their GHG emissions. This section contains a collection of case studies that detail real-life success stories and provide useful insights and practical information which will aid your city in the fight to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. See Best Practices.
This document provides invaluable information about GHG emission accounting basics. See the Project 2° Administrators & Users Guidance Manual.
The International Protocol consists of the general principles and philosophy that any local government, regardless of location, should adhere to when inventorying GHGs from its internal operations and community as a whole. See the ICLEI Local Government GHG Emissions Analysis Protocol.
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Project 2° Experts
To help cities with their GHG accounting, planning, and emission reduction projects we provide this list of experts and key documents with a focus on international and applied information for your city GHG inventory and reduction measures. The experts and resources provided here are known experts or data sources, however Project 2 ° is not responsible for any advice or recommendations provided by these individuals and organizations. If you know of an expert or essential resource that you feel should be included here, please send a description and link to admin@project2degrees.org.
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Project 2° is a partnership of the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), Microsoft and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability in collaboration with the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT), and Ascentium. The project partners have global expertise in software, greenhouse gas accounting, and emission reduction projects. More information about these organizations is available on the Project Partners page.
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Documents
International Local Government GHG Emissions Analysis Protocol
ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability’s “International Local Government GHG Emissions Analysis Protocol” is a GHG accounting protocol document that addresss both community and government GHG inventories.
International Energy Agency: Energy Statistics Manual
The International Energy Agency’s “Energy Statistics Manual” is a reference on the basics of many energy concepts. As over 75% percent of the world’s GHG emissions come from fossil fuel combustion, understanding of energy statistics is essential to understanding GHGs.
IPCC 2006 Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 2006 Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories is a five volume comprehensive guide to quantification of GHG emissions. The Project 2 Degrees Emissions Tracker derives its calculation methods from the IPCC 2006 Guidelines, but there are a few issues specific to cities, such as electricity imports and consumption, that the IPCC 2006 guidelines do not address.
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative
The World Resources Institute (WRI) and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) GHG Protocol Initiative has published two key documents regarding greenhouse gas accounting, “The Greenhouse Gas Protocol: A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard” and “The Greenhouse Gas Protocol: The GHG Protocol for Project Accounting.” These documents have served as the basis for many other greenhouse gas accounting documents and climate change programs. The GHG Protocol does not address issues specific to community GHG inventories.
International Standards Organization (ISO) 14064 and 14065
ISO (International Organization for Standardization) has developed a set of standards for greenhouse gas accounting for organizations, reduction measures, and verification. These standards are based on the work of the WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol and are compatible with the GHG Protocol. These standards do not directly apply to community GHG inventories.
- ISO 14064-1:2006 “Specification with guidance at the organization level for quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals”
- ISO 14064-1:2006 “Specification with guidance at the project level for quantification, monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emission reductions or removal enhancements”
- ISO 14064-1:2006 “Specification with guidance for the validation and verification of greenhouse gas assertions”
- ISO 14065:2007 “Requirements for greenhouse gas validation and verification bodies for use in accreditation or other forms of recognition”
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Organizations
Greenhouse Gas Experts Network
The Greenhouse Gas Expert Network is a global knowledge network on climate change issues. Their discussion list allows participants to ask GHG inventory, monitoring, baseline, verification, or related technical questions to an international list of over 1000 GHG professionals. They also offer a directory of GHG professionals that is searchable by topic, country, and keyword.
United Nations Environment Programme
The United Nations Environment Programme’s climate change mitigation programs focus on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and preventing deforestation.
Clean Development Mechanism
Hundreds of organizations worldwide are involved in creating emission reduction Project Activities under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol. If you are looking for an expert in a specific area, such as waste or transport, the directory of approved CDM projects can be a good starting point.
World Bank
The World Bank has programs in climate change, energy, transport and urban issues worldwide and an extensive network of technical assistance providers and contractors in areas relevant to greenhouse gas reduction projects. The World Bank has country-based staff in over 70 offices worldwide.