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Papers & Publications
The Ecometrica Homeworker Methodology
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Satellites to help safeguard sustainability of palm oil, with launch of UK and Mexico project
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Ghana launches National Map of Forests and Land Use
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How To Assess The Potential Risk Of Deforestation In Areas Of Interest
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Congratulations to our CDP Responders 2020
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How Organizations Can Use Target Setting To Best Address The Climate Crisis
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The Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C (SR15) – What does it mean for business?
Background Following the successful negotiation of the Paris Agreement in 2015, 195 UNFCCC members agreed to aim to keep the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels, and to limit the increase to 1.5°C if possible. After...
From Forest to Market: Cocoa and Deforestation in the Value Chain
We're delighted to bring you the first commodity-specific paper in our Forest to Market series, a brand new, original look at the challenges and opportunities that come with managing the sustainability of forests and soft commodities in your supply chain. Our first...
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Beyond Paris: 5 Key Outcomes from COP21 [Infographic & Paper]
On December 12th, representatives from 195 countries and the EU gathered in the French capital reached a universal agreement on global climate action as the outcome of the 21st United Nations Climate Change Conference, known simply as COP21. Ecometrica has...
Understanding the Changes to Global Warming Potential (GWP) Values
Media coverage of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s latest Synthesis Report rightly focused on its unprecedentedly dire warnings about climate change and the actions required to mitigate the worst of its effects, including the recommended phase...
Understanding the Changes to CDP Verification Requirements in 2015
As both the number of companies reporting corporate greenhouse gas emissions and the diversity of organizations & applications using these results increase, the need for independent verification of the data and systems underlying GHG assessments becomes...
Capturing Efficiencies by Preparing for Verification Throughout the Assessment Process
Corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting has become more prevalent as industries and governments around the world recognize the need to integrate comprehensive emissions data into business, policy and investment decisions. The International Organization for...
Climate Change: Business Risks & Opportunities by Dr Richard Tipper
Ecometrica Chairman Dr. Richard Tipper discusses the business risks and opportunities from climate change. Contents include: 1. Simplistic Carbon Abatement Assumptions Have Seduced Policy Makers 2. The Rate of GHG Accumulation is Unlikely to Slow Before 2035 3. Get...
How Can Donor Funded Forest Programmes Measure Their Impacts In Terms of Avoided Deforestation and Degradation?
The following report, commissioned by UK's Department for International Development reviews experience and methods for estimating the impacts of donor funded forestry programmes to reduce deforestation and degradation. It recommends the adoption of risk based methods...
Is There a Case for Extending Daylight Saving Time?
It’s that time of year again. As we turned back our clocks on November 4th, the prospect of long, dark, and dreary winter evenings caused many of us to ask once again – why is it exactly that we use Daylight Saving Time (DST)? It seems that ever since this practice...
Green Electricity Purchasing Instruments – Are We Heading for Carbon-Gate?
Green electricity purchasing instruments or tariffs generally involve the sale of environmental attributes associated with electricity generation, such as the attribute of coming from a renewable source. Consumers may buy such instruments because they want to increase...
Update and Guidance on Ecometrica’s Normative Biodiversity Metric Methodology
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