Are Carbon Accounting Rules for Biomass Energy Fit for Purpose?
written by Dr Richard Tipper, Executive Chairman, Ecometrica
An accessible yet de…
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10, 2021
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02, 2020
How Organizations Can Use Target Setting To Best Address The Climate Crisis
With increasing pressures from investors and the public, organizations are begin…
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10, 2017
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 paper will focus specifically on Cocoa. Deforestation due [...]
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08, 2017
From Forest to Market: Deforestation at the Root of Supply Chains
We are delighted to introduce you to 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, and best practice suggestions on how to do it more effectively. Over the [...]
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12, 2016
Review of EO Methods for Detecting and Measuring Forest Change in the Tropics
The woody vegetation of the tropics is highly diverse in its species composition and structure, and is changing fast. This change is a result of human actions (for example felling trees, setting fires, and damming rivers), recovery from past disturbance, and climate change. This document provides an introduction to the [...]
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02, 2015
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 out of fossil fuels by 2100. One aspect of the Fifth Assessment [...]
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11, 2014
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 substantially more important. The primary objective for most companies engaging a third-party verifier is to convey [...]
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11, 2014
Expert Tips to Streamline the Verification Process
Verification is a key step in the assessment process, providing the dual benefits of increased stakeholder confidence in assessment results and valuable feedback on internal data management & measurement processes. In recent years, the number of mandatory and voluntary programs requiring or rewarding third-party assurance has increased, and as a [...]
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11, 2014
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 Ready for Change: Humans are Adaptable 4. What is the Role [...]
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11, 2014
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 and spatial data products for practical, consistent, repeatable and insightful reporting. The report by [...]
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01, 2013
Improvements to Greenhouse Gas Accounting – the Impact of Ecometrica Publications So Far
Ecometrica Publications exists to disseminate ideas and methods related to Ecometrica’s expertise in greenhouse gas accounting, and spatial data analysis. We have produced a number of papers now with suggested improvements in the field of greenhouse gas accounting, and it is interesting to look back at the impact we’ve had [...]
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11, 2012
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 [...]