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The MCC Carbon Clock shows how much CO2 can only be released into the atmosphere to limit global warming to a maximum of 1.5°C and 2°C, respectively.

Author WMPosted on May 23, 2019May 23, 2019Categories Green NewsTags Carbon Accounting, Climate Change, GHG, GHG Accounting, GHG inventory, GHG Reporting, GHG Solutions, Greenhouse Gasses, Offsets

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    • Amsterdam Climate Neutral Amsterdam Climate Neutral
    • Auckland's Response to Climate Change Auckland’s Response to Climate Change
    • Boston's Climate Plan Boston’s Climate Plan
    • Calgary Climate Change Accord Calgary Climate Change Accord
    • Copenhagen Carbon Neutral 2025 Copenhagen Carbon Neutral 2025
    • Edmonton GHG Emissions Reduction Plan Edmonton GHG Emissions Reduction Plan
    • Freiburg Green City Freiburg Green City
    • Hamburg Climate Action Plan Hamburg Climate Action Plan
    • Hamburg Masterplan Klimaschutz Hamburg Masterplan Klimaschutz
    • Hong Kong Carbon Audit Hong Kong Carbon Audit
    • London Plan London Plan
    • Melbourne Zero Net Emissions Melbourne Zero Net Emissions
    • Montréal Community Sustainable Development Plan Montréal Community Sustainable Development Plan
    • New York City Carbon Challenge New York City Carbon Challenge
    • San Francisco GHG Reduction Strategies San Francisco GHG Reduction Strategies
    • Seattle Climate Action Plan Seattle Climate Action Plan
    • Toronto Atmospheric Fund Toronto Atmospheric Fund
    • Toronto Climate Change Action Plan Toronto Climate Change Action Plan
    • Vancouver Greenest City 2020 Action Plan Vancouver Greenest City 2020 Action Plan
    • Zürich Klimaschutz Zürich Klimaschutz

    GHG Reg. Alberta

    • Alberta Carbon Offset System Alberta Carbon Offset System
    • Carbon Competitiveness Incentive Regulation Carbon Competitiveness Incentive Regulation
    • Climate Leadership Plan
    • Emissions Reduction Alberta – ERA Emissions Reduction Alberta – ERA
    • Offset Credit System Protocols Offset Credit System Protocols
    • Specified Gas Emitters Regulation Specified Gas Emitters Regulation – Replaced!
    • Specified Gas Reporting Standard 10.0 Specified Gas Reporting Standard 10.0

    GHG Reg. Australia

    • 2017 Review of Climate Change Policies 2017 Review of Climate Change Policies
    • National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme (NGERS) National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme (NGERS)

    GHG Reg. British Columbia

    • 2016 Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Regulation 2016 Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Regulation
    • 2016 Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act NEW Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act
    • B.C. GHG Inventory Report B.C. GHG Inventory Report
    • BC Carbon Tax
    • Carbon Neutral Government Regulation
    • Clean Energy Act BC Clean Energy Act
    • Climate Action Charter BC Climate Action Charter
    • Climate Action Plan
    • GHG Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act
    • GHG Reporting Regulation BC GHG Reporting Regulation
    • Greenhouse Gas Emission Administrative Penalties and Appeals Regulation Greenhouse Gas Emission Administrative Penalties and Appeals Regulation
    • Greenhouse Gas Emission Control Regulation Greenhouse Gas Emission Control Regulation
    • Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act
    • Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act
    • Pacific Carbon Trust
    • Pacific Coast Collaborative Pacific Coast Collaborative
    • Zero Net Deforestation Act Zero Net Deforestation Act Bill-5

    GHG Reg. California

    • Cap-And-Trade in Progress Cap-And-Trade in Progress
    • GHG Allowance Auction & Reserve Sale Platform GHG Allowance Auction & Reserve Sale Platform
    • GHG Reporting Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting
    • Global Warming Solutions Act California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006
    • Pacific Coast Collaborative Pacific Coast Collaborative
    • Reporting Tool Reporting Tool for California GHG Emissions

    GHG Reg. Canada

    • Compliance options under the federal output-based pricing system Compliance options under the federal output-based pricing system
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Program Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Website
    • Long-Term Low-Greenhouse Gas Development Strategy
    • National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI)
    • Output-based pricing system Output-based pricing system
    • Output-based pricing system: technical backgrounder Output-based pricing system: technical backgrounder
    • Pan-Canadian Approach to Pricing Carbon Pollution
    • Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change

    GHG Reg. EU

    • EU ETS European Union Emissions Trading Scheme

    GHG Reg. Manitoba

    • Climate Change Action
    • Climate Change and Emissions Reductions Act Climate Change and Emissions Reductions Act
    • CONCERTED CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIONS AND MARKET-BASED MECHANISMS MOU CONCERTED CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIONS AND MARKET-BASED MECHANISMS MOU
    • GHG Emissions Reporting Act
    • Green Economy Action Plan Green Economy Action Plan
    • Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan
    • Manitoba's Climate and Green Plan Manitoba’s Climate and Green Plan

    GHG Reg. New Brunswick

    • Climate Action Fund
    • Climate Change Action Plan New Brunswick Climate Change Action Plan
    • GHG Inventory Information and CSA Inventory Registry GHG Inventory Information and CSA Inventory Registry

    GHG Reg. New Zealand

    • Emissions Trading Scheme

    GHG Reg. Newfoundland and Labrador

    • Climate Change Action Plan
    • Newfoundland and Labrador Green Fund Newfoundland and Labrador Green Fund

    GHG Reg. Northwest Territories

    • Green Funding Programs Green Funding Programs
    • Greenhouse Gas Strategy 2007 – 2011 Northwest Territories Greenhouse Gas Strategy
    • Greenhouse Gas Strategy 2011-2015 Greenhouse Gas Strategy

    GHG Reg. Nova Scotia

    • Climate Change Action Plan Nova Scotia Climate Change Action Plan
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations
    • Municipal Climate Change Action Plan Municipal Climate Change Action Plan
    • Voluntary Carbon Emissions Offset Fund Act Voluntary Carbon Emissions Offset Fund Act

    GHG Reg. Nunavut

    • CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PLANNING: A NUNAVUT TOOLKIT
    • Climate Change Centre Climate Change Centre

    GHG Reg. Ontario

    • Action Plan on Climate Change 2007 Action Plan Climate Change 2011 to 2014
    • Amendment Act Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Amendment Act Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading
    • Cap-and-trade program design options cap-and-trade program design options
    • Climate Change Action Plan 2016 Climate Change Action Plan 2016
    • Climate Change Mitigation & Low-Carbon Economy Act, 2016 Climate Change Mitigation & Low-Carbon Economy Act, 2016
    • Climate Change Strategy 2015 Climate Change Strategy 2015
    • CONCERTED CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIONS AND MARKET-BASED MECHANISMS MOU CONCERTED CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIONS AND MARKET-BASED MECHANISMS MOU
    • GHG Reporting Guidelines (2012) ON GHG Reporting Guidelines
    • GHG Reporting Regulation ON GHG Reporting Regulation
    • GHG Reporting Rules GHG Reporting Rules
    • Guideline for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting 2016 Guideline for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting 2016
    • The Cap & Trade Program, 2016 The Cap & Trade Program, 2016

    GHG Reg. Prince Edward Island

    • Climate Change Strategy Climate Change Strategy

    GHG Reg. Québec

    • Cap-and-Trade Regulation Cap-and-Trade Regulation
    • Climate Change Action Plan 2006–2012 2006–2012 Climate Change Action Plan
    • Climate Change Action Plan 2013–2020 (2020 CCAP) 2020 CCAP
    • Climate Change Legislation Quebec Climate Change Legislation
    • CONCERTED CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIONS AND MARKET-BASED MECHANISMS MOU CONCERTED CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIONS AND MARKET-BASED MECHANISMS MOU
    • Environmental Quality Act (GHG Reporting) Environmental Quality Act (GHG Reporting)
    • Mandatory Reporting Regulation Mandatory Reporting Regulation

    GHG Reg. Saskatchewan

    • Management and Reduction of GHG Act (Bill 95) Management and Reduction of GHG Act (Bill 95)
    • Management and Reduction of Greenhouse Gases Bill 126 Management and Reduction of Greenhouse Gases Bill 126
    • Saskatchewan 2007 Climate Change Plan

    GHG Reg. South Korea

    • Framework Act on Low Carbon, Green Growth Framework Act on Low Carbon, Green Growth
    • GHG Target Scheme GHG Energy Target Management Scheme
    • Policies to Reduce GHG Emissions Policies to Reduce GHG Emissions in Daily Life

    GHG Reg. UN

    • Cancún Agreements Cancún Agreements
    • CCAC Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
    • Climate Neutral Network Climate Neutral Network
    • Copenhagen Accord COP 15 Copenhagen Accord
    • Doha Amendment Parties to the Kyoto Protocol adopted an amendment to the Kyoto Protocol in accordance with Articles 20 and 21 of the Kyoto Protocol, at the eighth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol held i
    • Durban Platform for Enhanced Action Durban Platform for Enhanced Action
    • Katowice Climate Package Draft Text Katowice Climate Package Draft Text
    • Kyoto Protocol
    • National GHG Inventory Reporting Guidelines National GHG Inventory Reporting Guidelines
    • National GHG Inventory Submissions 2015 National GHG Inventory Submissions 2015
    • Paris Agreement Paris Agreement 2015

    GHG Reg. USA

    • EPA Final Regulation Preamble
    • EPA Final Regulation Text
    • EPA Final Rule Large Emitters U.S. EPA Final Rule for GHG Emissions from Large Emitters
    • EPA Regulatory Impact Analysis
    • EPA Responses to Comments
    • ICLEI ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA

    GHG Reg. Yukon Territory

    • Climate Change Strategy Yukon Climate Change Strategy
    • Progressreport 2012 Yukon Climate Change Action Plan Progressreport 2012

    GHG Resources Cities

    • C 40 Large Cities Climate Leadership Group
    • Carbonn Cities’ global climate reporting platform
    • cCCR The carbonn Cities Climate Registry
    • Covenant of Mayors Covenant of Mayors
    • Ecocities Ecocity world summit
    • EUCO2 80/50 Achieving an 80% reduction of greenhouse gases emissions by the year 2050
    • IEAP V 1.0 2009 International Local Government GHG Emissions Analysis Protocol
    • Intelligent Cities Expo Intelligentcities Expo
    • LGOP Local Government Operations Protocol
    • OECD Cities and Climate Change
    • Protocol For Community-Scale GHG Emissions GLOBAL PROTOCOL FOR COMMUNITY-SCALE GHG EMISSIONS (GPC)
    • R 20 REGIONS OF CLIMATE ACTION
    • Resilient Cities
    • Sustainable Cities International
    • The Global Cities Covenant on Climate The Mexico City Pact
    • Urban Climate Change Research Network
    • Urban GHG Baseline (UN) Urban GHG Baseline (UN)
    • Urban GHG Standard (UN) International Standard for Determining Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Cities

    GHG Resources Corporate

    • Carbon Disclosure Project Carbon Disclosure Project
    • Climate Registry The Climate Registry
    • Corporate Value Chain Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3)
    • CSA Reporting Guidance CSA Reporting Guidance
    • EMAS Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
    • EU Organisation Environmental Footprint (OEF) EU Organisation Environmental Footprint (OEF)
    • GRI The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
    • SEC Disclosure Guidance SEC Disclosure Guidance
    • Sustainability Accounting Standards Board Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
    • Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures – TCFD Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures – TCFD

    GHG Resources Investment

    • Global Investor Statement on Climate Change 2010 Global Investor Statement on Climate Change
    • Global Investor Statement on Climate Change 2014 Global Investor Statement on Climate Change 2014
    • IGCC Investor Group on Climate Change Australia/New Zealand
    • IIGCC The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change
    • INCR Investor Network on Climate Risk
    • INVESTMENT-GRADE CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY INVESTMENT-GRADE CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY
    • Montreal Carbon Pledge
    • PRI – Principles for Responsible Investment Principles for Responsible Investment Initiative
    • Sustainability Accounting Standards Board Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
    • UNEP FI United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative

    GHG Resources Regional

    • BC Climate Action Toolkit BC Climate Action Toolkit is a tool for knowledge sharing and collaboration.
    • Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange
    • Guide for Canadian Municipalities Getting to Carbon Neutral: A Guide for Canadian Municipalities
    • IEAP International Local Government GHG Emissions Analysis Protocol (IEAP)
    • Local Governments for Sustainability
    • Protocol For Community-Scale GHG Emissions GLOBAL PROTOCOL FOR COMMUNITY-SCALE GHG EMISSIONS (GPC)
    • R 20 REGIONS OF CLIMATE ACTION
    • WCI

    GHG Software

    • PE-International's SoFi PE-International’s SoFi

    IPCC

    • Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5)
    • First Assessment Report (FAR) First Assessment Report (FAR)
    • Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007
    • IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
    • IPCC WGII AR5 IPCC WGII AR5 Summary for Policymakers WGII AR5
    • Second Assessment Report (SAR) Second Assessment Report (SAR)
    • Third Assessment Report (TAR) Third Assessment Report (TAR)

    Online Tools

    • BC Climate Action Toolkit BC Climate Action Toolkit is a tool for knowledge sharing and collaboration.
    • Canada Gov. Site
    • Carbon Catalog
    • CSA Registries CSA’s GHG Registries Web Site
    • Personal Footprint Calculator (BC)
    • Personal Footprint Calculator (Global)

    Other

    • Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
    • C-ROADS C-ROADS
    • Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
    • Carbon War Room
    • CDIAC Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
    • Climate Action Tracker Climate Action Tracker
    • Climate and Development Knowledge Network Climate and Development Knowledge Network
    • Climate Change Performance Index Climate Change Performance Index
    • Climatestrategies Climatestrategies
    • Dow Jones Sustainability Indices Dow Jones Sustainability Indices
    • ECO Canada ECO Canada
    • Ecodesk Ecodesk
    • Emissionfactors Site
    • Environmental Defense Fund Environmental Defense Fund
    • Forest Science Cooperation Global Network for Forest Science Cooperation
    • Global Adaptation Index Global Adaptation Index
    • Global Green Growth Institute Global Green Growth Institute
    • Global Methane Initiative Global Methane Initiative
    • Globe Series Globe 2012
    • Green Economy Coalition Green Economy Coalition
    • Green Growth Knowledge Platform Green Growth Knowledge Platform
    • Happy Planet Index Happy Planet Index
    • Hotel Energy Solutions Hotel Energy Solutions
    • ICTSD International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
    • IDRC International Development Research Centre
    • IISD International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
    • International Energy Agency International Energy Agency
    • IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
    • NICCD Nexus for ICTs, Climate Change and Development
    • NOAA ANNUAL GREENHOUSE GAS INDEX (AGGI) NOAA ANNUAL GREENHOUSE GAS INDEX (AGGI)
    • PIK Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
    • STERN REVIEW STERN REVIEW, Executive Summary
    • The Climate Institute The Climate Institute
    • The GLOBE Climate Legislation Study 3rd Edition The GLOBE Climate Legislation Study 3rd Edition
    • The Guardian Ultimate Climate Change FAQ The Guardian Ultimate Climate Change FAQ
    • UK Woodland Carbon Code UK Woodland Carbon Code

    Product Carbon Footprint

    • Corporate Value Chain Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3)
    • EU Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) EU Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)
    • Green Growth (related)
    • GRI (EN1-30)
    • PAS 2050 (UK) Specification for the assessment of the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of goods and services
    • PCF Project (GER) Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Project
    • Product Life Cycle Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard

    SME Resources Asia

    • Carbon Disclosure Project Carbon Disclosure Project
    • Europe Aid Europe Aid
    • GRI The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
    • Switch Asia SWITCH-Asia Programme

    SME Resources EU

    • Carbon Disclosure Project Carbon Disclosure Project
    • EMAS Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
    • EMAS Toolkit EMAS Toolkit
    • GRI The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

    SME Resources NA

    • Carbon Disclosure Project Carbon Disclosure Project
    • Climate Registry The Climate Registry
    • GRI The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

    Transportation

    • CORSIA
    • Institute for Transportation and Development Policy Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
    • Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport

    Voluntary Standards

    • CarbonFix CarbonFix
    • Gold Standard The Gold Standard (CDM)
    • VCS Verified Carbon Standard
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