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What Are Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Corporate Climate Disclosures? 6 Questions, Answered

  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • GHG Protocol
  • greenhouse gas accounting
Workers standing in front of shipping containers.
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • GHG Protocol
  • greenhouse gas accounting
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What You Need to Know About Article 6 of the Paris Agreement

  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Wind turbines in Southern California
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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This Interactive Chart Explains World’s Top 10 Emitters, and How They’ve Changed

  • climatewatch-pinned
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Data Visualization of GHG Emissions
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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3 Reasons Why Fossil Fuel Companies Should Disclose Their Reserves

  • Energy
  • Business
  • climate science
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
Coal Barge
  • Energy
  • Business
  • climate science
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
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Setting Science-Based Emissions Targets: 5 Companies Offer Lessons for Success

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
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  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
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Science Will Help Push Companies Towards a Low-Carbon Future

  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • U.S. policy
  • GHG Protocol
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • U.S. policy
  • GHG Protocol
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4 Questions About Corporate Emissions, Answered through New Interactive Tool

  • International Climate Action
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
Industry
  • International Climate Action
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
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Through Compact of Mayors, 360 Cities Will Cut Their Emissions 17% by 2030

  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • climate impacts
Rio de Janeiro
  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • climate impacts
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8 Interactive Graphics Answer Top Climate Change Questions

  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
The top 10 GHG emitters contribute 72 percent of global emissions. Graphic by WRI
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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Infographic: What Do Your Country's Emissions Look Like?

  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
Top 10 Emitters 2012
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
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A Global Look at Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Programs

  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
  • greenhouse gases
At least 40 countries—both developed and developing—currently have mandatory emissions reporting programs in place. (Seoul, South Korea) Photo by tetan88/Flickr.
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
  • greenhouse gases
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This is Leadership: Why Companies Are Setting Emissions Goals Based on Science

  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • greenhouse gases
The Science-Based Targets initiative aims to enlist 100 companies to setting greenhouse gas reduction targets based on the latest climate science. Photo by Stephanie Meshke/Flickr
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • greenhouse gases
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How Do You Measure the Emissions Locked in Fossil Fuel Reserves?

  • Energy
  • Business
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • fossil fuels
If emissions continue unabated, the world is on track to exhaust its "carbon budget" within three decades. Photo by Mingjia Zhou/Flickr
  • Energy
  • Business
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • fossil fuels
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Scope 2: Changing the Way Companies Think About Electricity Emissions

  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
  • greenhouse gases
Many electricity markets, including those in the United States, European Union, Australia, Japan, India and many Latin American countries, use a variety of so-called contractual instruments traded between electricity generators, utilities and consumers in order to convey emissions information about purchased power. Photo Credit: Shutterstock
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
  • greenhouse gases

Hundreds of Cities Poised to Replicate Rio’s Approach to Measuring and Reducing Emissions

  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
Rio de Janeiro pilot-tested the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Inventories (GPC). Photo by Rodrigo Soldon/Flickr
  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting

Why Community Forest Rights Should Be Part of National Climate Change Policies

  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • international climate policy
  • land rights
  • UNFCCC
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is 11 times lower in community forests with strong legal recognition than in other parts of the region. Photo by Kate Evans/Center for International Forestry Research
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • international climate policy
  • land rights
  • UNFCCC
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Staying on Track: A New Tool for Designing and Meeting Emissions-Reduction Goals

  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Pollution in Beijing. China recently committed to peak its emissions by 2030. Photo by David Barrie/Flickr
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
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Race to the Top: Driving Ambition in a 2015 Climate Agreement

  • Climate
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG emissions
  • renewable energy
  • UNFCCC
countries are aiming to keep global average temperature from rising 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F) above pre-industrial levels. Tokyo, Japan. Photo Credit: Mike Lee/Flickr
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG emissions
  • renewable energy
  • UNFCCC
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Tougher Greenhouse Goals Could Cut EU’s Gas Imports in Half

  • Energy
  • Climate
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • international climate policy
  • fossil fuels
A new study by Ecofys under the Open Climate Network finds that by 2030, the EU can cut its natural gas consumption by almost half by cost-effectively improving energy efficiency and ramping up its use of renewable energy. Photo Credit: Justin Swan/Flickr
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • international climate policy
  • fossil fuels
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Sustainability at WRI: Our Annual Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Sustainability Report

  • Energy
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG emissions
  • corporate sustainability
Where in the world is WRI traveling? To better understand our business travel emissions and develop metrics for tracking changes, we instituted performance indicators, including emissions per staff and top destinations. Photo Credit: WRI
  • Energy
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG emissions
  • corporate sustainability
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset