| Description |
1 online resource (213 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; List of acronyms and abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The birth of carbon accounting; The greenhouse effect: a natural phenomenon amplified by human activity; Sustained growth of GHG emissions; Climate change affects many ecosystems; Political recognition of the problem: from Rio to Doha; 2. The basic principles of carbon accounting; Units of measurement; Biogenic carbon and carbon sinks; The particular case of the aviation sector; Calculation or measurement? The role of emission factors; Primary and secondary data |
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The concept of boundaries3. Official inventories: the territory-based approach; The national inventory report; The IPCC guidelines; Methodologies within the EU ETS; EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP); Global Protocol for Community Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (GPC); 4. Voluntary inventories: the ""footprint"" approach ; Introduction to carbon footprints; Organizational carbon footprints; Carbon footprints for products; Towards international standardization?; Towards global carbon disclosure for products?; 5. Monetary inventories: what is the cost of a tonne of CO2? |
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Cost-benefit analysis of climate actionCost-effectiveness analysis of climate action; Towards a shadow price of carbon?; 6. Internalizing physico-chemical inventories in economic and political decisions; Various complementary tools; Carbon taxes; Taxes or a carbon market?; Constituent elements of a carbon market; Setting up a carbon market; Kyoto and the carbon market; The European carbon market; Other carbon markets; Voluntary offsetting for GHG emissions; Conclusion; Annex: A Practical guide to calculate, reduce, offset and disclose your carbon footprint; Glossary; Bibliography |
| Summary |
Examines the different methods or instruments implemented by countries and companies - such as carbon taxation, carbon markets and voluntary offsetting, and includes a very practical guide to calculate, reduce, offset and disclose your carbon footprint |
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About the author |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-195) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Carbon offsetting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Emissions trading -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Environmental monitoring -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Greenhouse gases -- Measurement -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Carbon offsetting
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Emissions trading
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Environmental monitoring
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Greenhouse gases -- Measurement
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351285148 |
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1351285149 |
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