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    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
    Climate
    Insights
    September 4, 2019

    Climate Disasters Are Getting Worse. Here's How Developing Countries Are Insuring Against Them

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • extreme weather
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • climate finance
    • hurricanes
    A child sits on water jugs provided after Cyclone Idai.
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • extreme weather
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • climate finance
    • hurricanes
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 14, 2018

    Recent Scientific Advancements Show New Connections Between Climate Change and Hurricanes

    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • hurricanes
    Hurricane Florence
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • hurricanes
    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
    Climate
    Insights
    September 18, 2017

    Extreme Weather: What’s Climate Change Got to Do With It?

    • Climate
    • extreme weather
    • hurricanes
    • water pollution
    Houseboat stuck in low-lying water and debris on Scout Key
    • Climate
    • extreme weather
    • hurricanes
    • water pollution
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    September 8, 2017

    With Superstorms Like Hurricane Irma Increasing, How Can Vulnerable Countries Prepare?

    • Climate Resilience
    • hurricanes
    Sailors transport evacuees during Hurricane Irma relief
    • Climate Resilience
    • hurricanes
    Insights
    February 6, 2017

    Fossil Fuels – What’s at Risk?

    • fossil fuels
    • GHG Protocol
    coal mining site
    • fossil fuels
    • GHG Protocol
    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
    Climate
    Insights
    May 29, 2014

    Tudo o que você precisa saber sobre emissões na agropecuária

    • Food
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol
    Photo credit: Charles Knowles, Flickr
    • Food
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol
    Climate
    Insights
    May 29, 2014

    Everything You Need to Know About Agricultural Emissions

    • Food
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol
    Most farms do not measure their greenhouse gas emissions. Photo credit: Charles Knowles, Flickr
    • Food
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • GHG Protocol
    Climate
    Insights
    May 15, 2014

    Connecting Corporate Emissions Targets with Climate Science

    • Energy
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • GHG Protocol
    • greenhouse gases
    Setting greenhouse gas (GHG)-reduction targets has become common practice for large, multi-national companies, but they generally take a conservative approach that is independent of what climate scientists say is necessary. Photo credit: World Bank/Flickr
    • Energy
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • GHG Protocol
    • greenhouse gases
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    March 19, 2014

    5 Questions with Vivek Adhia: A New Program for Measuring India’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    • Energy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • GHG Protocol
    • greenhouse gases
    The India GHG Program provides Indian businesses with tools and technical assistance to measure emissions, identify reduction opportunities, establish short- and long-term reduction goals, and track progress. Photo credit: joiseyshowaa, Flickr 2008
    • Energy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • GHG Protocol
    • greenhouse gases

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