Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-195).
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 : Unites 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 -- The concept of boundaries. 3 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? : Cost-benefit analysis of climate action -- Cost-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 -- About the author.
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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