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    GHG Protocol Insights
    Climate
    Insights
    March 7, 2024

    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
    Cities
    Insights
    December 18, 2019

    We're Underestimating How Many People Lack Sanitation Services—and Ignoring the Best Solution for Many Cities

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • sanitation
    • waste
    • Cities
    • world resources report
    Polluter waterways carry impacts of poor sanitation citywide. Photo by SusanA Secretariat/Flickr
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • sanitation
    • waste
    • Cities
    • world resources report
    Cities
    Insights
    March 26, 2019

    Public Space for Recreation Is Good for Cities. Guadalajara, Mexico Shows Us 3 Reasons Why.

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Development
    • world resources report
    Guadalajara, Mexico
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Development
    • world resources report
    Cities
    Insights
    January 31, 2019

    Too Many Cities Are Growing Out Rather than Up. 3 Reasons That’s a Problem

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Cities
    • poverty
    • Urban Development
    • world resources report
    Informal settlements at the edge of Mumbai, India. Photo by Johnny Miller/Unequal Scenes
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Cities
    • poverty
    • Urban Development
    • world resources report
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    December 18, 2018

    Johannesburg Fights Inequality with Transit-Oriented Development

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • world resources report
    Contrasting high and low income housing juxtaposed in Bloubosrand, Johannesburg, June 2016. Photo: Christina Culwick
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • world resources report
    Cities
    Insights
    October 31, 2018

    Putting the Poor First to Improve Sanitation in Kampala

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • sanitation
    • world resources report
    Sanitation entrepreneur in Kampala. Photo: Water for People.
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • sanitation
    • world resources report
    Asia
    Insights
    August 30, 2018

    Equitable Planning in Ahmedabad: Beyond Eminent Domain

    • Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • world resources report
    Ahmedabad uses a special process for acquiring land to make sure new developments receive city services.
    • Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • world resources report
    Asia
    Insights
    August 16, 2018

    India's Boom Pushed Cities to Their Limits. Here's How Pune Coped.

    • Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • world resources report
    Waste collection door-to-door by the members of the SWaCH cooperative in Pune, India. Photo Credit: Brodie Talbot
    • Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • world resources report
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    August 8, 2018

    By the Numbers: New Emissions Data Quantify India’s Climate Challenge

    • GHG emissions
    • GHG Protocol
    Fish market in Mumbai.
    • GHG emissions
    • GHG Protocol
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    May 29, 2018

    Informal Workers Make Cities Work For All: 3 Stories from Thailand, India and Colombia

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Cities
    • poverty
    • world resources report
    Choral Mauladia, a street vendor and trade unionist in Ahmedabad. Photo: Getty Images Reportage.
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Cities
    • poverty
    • world resources report
    Insights
    February 6, 2017

    Fossil Fuels – What’s at Risk?

    • fossil fuels
    • GHG Protocol
    coal mining site
    • fossil fuels
    • GHG Protocol
    Cities
    Insights
    October 13, 2016

    New Urban Transport Models Can Help Create Sustainable Cities

    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Development
    • world resources report
    Bicycles in Shanghai
    • Urban Mobility
    • Urban Development
    • world resources report
    Climate
    Insights
    February 24, 2016

    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
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 21, 2015

    Como o Brasil pode liderar na questão do clima

    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Economics
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • GHG Protocol
    • NDC
    (São Paulo, Brasil) Fonte: Bernardo Barlach/Flickr.
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Economics
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • GHG Protocol
    • NDC
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 21, 2015

    How Brazil Can Emerge as a Climate Leader

    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Economics
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • GHG Protocol
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    Brazil’s energy sector is now a major source of the country’s emissions and continues to become more carbon intensive as a result of greater reliance on fossil fuels. (São Paulo, Brazil) Photo by Bernardo Barlach/Flickr.
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Economics
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • GHG Protocol
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    Climate
    Insights
    June 19, 2015

    Simple Math Points to a Decarbonized Economy

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • GHG emissions
    • GHG Protocol
    • greenhouse gases
    G7 2015. Photo by Palazzo Chigi/Flickr.
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • GHG emissions
    • GHG Protocol
    • greenhouse gases
    Climate
    Insights
    May 27, 2015

    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
    Climate
    Insights
    January 20, 2015

    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
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    November 18, 2014

    How to Calculate Policies’ Effects on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    • GHG Protocol
    • renewable energy
    Tunisia launched its renewable energy program, PROSOL ELEC, in 2010 to scale up solar photovoltaic systems in buildings throughout the country. Photo by World Bank/FLICKR.
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    • GHG Protocol
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Insights
    June 9, 2014

    Linking Reporting Systems to Improve Greenhouse Gas Management

    • Energy
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • GHG Protocol
    • greenhouse gases
    Inventories are a fundamental tool for countries and facilities to measure and manage their GHG emissions. Photo credit: Roger/Flickr
    • Energy
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • GHG Protocol
    • greenhouse gases

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