Emission Omissions: Carbon accounting gaps in the built environment
Life-cycle assessment (LCA) studies are the best tool we have to measure the carbon footprints of building products at each phase of their lifespan, but they have some flaws.
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Implementing Greenhouse Gas Inventory Management Systems for Economic Zones in China
China is aggressively pursuing the development of low-carbon economic zones, and while there has been substantial work done to define targets and indicators for achieving greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions, there is now a need to provide guidance and tools to help the zones transition. GHG…
Democratic Republic of Congo: Greenhouse gas emissions baseline projection
Development of greenhouse gas emission baseline projections, or business-as-usual scenarios, are critical for the assessment of nationally appropriate mitigation actions.These projections must be based on plausible and consistent assumptions on how different economic sectors might evolve in the…
Republic of Rwanda: Greenhouse gas emissions baseline projection
Development of greenhouse gas emission baseline projections, or business-as-usual scenarios, are critical for the assessment of nationally appropriate mitigation actions.These projections must be based on plausible and consistent assumptions on how different economic sectors might evolve in the…
Developing Financeable NAMAs: A Practitioner's Guide
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) are fast becoming the climate finance vehicle of choice to help developing countries transition to low carbon, climate resilient futures.Developing countries, their development partners and other actors in and around the United Nations Framework…
Regulating Carbon in Canada: The impact of the federal government's proposed electricity coal performance standards
Dave Sawyer and Seton Stiebert developed economic modelling of the Canadian government's proposed electricity coal performance standards.They found that the impact of the regulations is likely to result in 5 million tonnes (Mt) of greenhouse gas reductions by 2020 at a technology cost of $26 per…
Regulating Carbon Emissions in Canada Offsets and Canada's GHG Regulations: Reducing costs, improving competitiveness and lowering emissions
Dave Sawyer, Seton Stiebert and Dale Beugin undertake a study of how offsets can complement Canada's regulatory approach to greenhouse gas mitigation.They contend that the use of offsets can reduce costs, improve competitiveness and lower emissions in Canada. Given the fact that offset systems and…
Fossil Fuels – At What Cost? Government support for upstream oil activities in three Canadian provinces: Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland and Labrador
Global Subsidy Initiative's second report in the series "Fossil Fuels - At What Cost?" uses an internationally agreed definition of subsidy adopted by the World Trade Organization to determine the value and impact of oil production subsidies in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland & Labrador.This…