Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions - POST Note

Published 28 January 2013 | POST notes POST PN 428

Authors: Martin Griffiths

Topic: Climate change

Climate change is a global challenge addressed by a combination of international and domestic initiatives. Accurate inventories of greenhouse gas emissions are needed to ensure the integrity of these policies. This POSTnote examines how greenhouse gas inventories are measured, reported and verified.

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