GHG ACCOUNTING &
CLIMATE CHANGE RESOURCES
Greenhouse Gas Accounting Standards and Training
Greenhouse Gas Management Institute - Non-profit organization providing GHG accounting, auditing and management training as well contributions to research into GHG measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) issues
Greenhouse Gas Protocol - Provides standards, guidance, tools and training for business and government to measure and manage climate-warming emissions
CSA Group - Canadian Standards Association Group offers training on GHG accounting following the international ISO 14064 series of standards
Canada
Canada's Climate Plan - Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, carbon pollution, carbon pricing, climate change resilience, clean technology and jobs.
Greenhouse gas emission regulations - Federal regulations governing GHG emissions
Natural Resources Canada - Federal programs supporting climate change adaptation and mitigation
Federation of Canadian Municipalities - Municipalities for Climate Innovation Program
The Climate Lens - The Climate Lens Assessment is required for several Infrastructure Canada Plan Programs to motivate proponents to consider the impacts of climate change in the design and implementation phases.
Newfoundland and Labrador - Links to provincial Climate Change Action Plan and NL Carbon Plan
Alberta Emission Offset System - Standards and guidance for emission offset projects
BC Climate Action - Government of British Columbia landing page for provincial climate planning and GHG inventories
International
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - United Nations body for assessing the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation.
UNFCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) - A cap and trade system that operates in all EU countries plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway and limits emissions from installations and aircraft operators.
The Climate Registry - Non-profit organization governed by U.S. states and Canadian provinces and territories that operates voluntary and compliance GHG reporting programs globally, and assists organizations in measuring, verifying and reporting the carbon in their operations.