Home / Our Work / All Programs & Projects

Topic: greenhouse gases

WRI’s Manish Bapna to Participate in VERGE DC Keynote Panel

March 9, 2012
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

On Wednesday, March 14, WRI’s Interim President, Manish Bapna, will be participating in a keynote panel discussion at the VERGE DC conference in Washington, D.C. hosted by Greenbiz.

STATEMENT: EPA Issues Standards to Control Mercury and Other Air Toxins

December 21, 2011
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued today the first national standards to control mercury and other toxic air pollutants from coal-fired power plants. These standards follow from the bi-partisan 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments that mandated that EPA require control of toxic air pollutants including mercury.

Shale Gas: Friend or Foe?

By Manish Bapna on December 16, 2011

A Special Letter from WRI Interim President Manish Bapna

STATEMENT: A Climate Deal Comes Together in Durban

December 11, 2011

As the climate talks concluded today, Parties agreed to move forward with a “Durban Package” that includes a pathway forward on a legally-binding instrument for all countries, an agreement on a second commitment for the Kyoto Protocol, and a set of decisions to implement the Cancun Agreements, including the Green Climate Fund.

Greenhouse Gas Protocol

Hundreds of companies around the world are using GHG Protocol standards and tools to manage their GHG footprint and make a difference for the climate by developing new products, improving energy efficiency, and participating in GHG programs and markets.

Assessing Non-Annex I Pledges: Building a Case for Clarification

Working Paper: December, 2011

This paper builds a case for the need to clarify the assumptions, methodologies, and other critical details underlying non-Annex I nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs). It also explains how common accounting rules for Annex I targets will resolve the lack of clarity surrounding targets for developed countries. It concludes with decisions that can be made in COP17 Durban to formalize both common accounting rules for Annex I targets and a clarification process for non–Annex I actions.

PRESS RELEASE: New Greenhouse Gas Standards Unveiled for Corporate Value Chain and Products in China

November 18, 2011
Location: Beijing, China

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) launched two new standards today in Beijing, China

ADVISORY: Press Teleconference: What To Expect at the Durban Climate Talks

November 17, 2011

As the climate meetings in Durban, South Africa, approach, it is a key moment to find a way forward with international cooperation to address climate change.

ADVISORY: Press Teleconference on Decision Making in a Changing Climate

October 13, 2011
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Global Partners to Launch Major New Report on Climate Adaptation

PRESS RELEASE: New Greenhouse Gas Standards Unveiled for Corporate Value Chain and Products

October 4, 2011
Location: London // New York

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol launched two new standards today that will empower businesses to better measure, manage, and report their greenhouse gas emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Protocol Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard

October, 2011

This standard provides requirements and guidance for companies and other organizations to quantify and publicly report an inventory of GHG emissions and removals associated with a specific product.

Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard

October, 2011

This standard (also referred to as the Scope 3 Standard) provides requirements and guidance for companies and other organizations to prepare and publicly report a GHG emissions inventory that includes indirect emissions resulting from value chain activities (i.e., scope 3 emissions).

PRESS RELEASE: New Report Presents Transportation Strategies to Reduce U.S. Oil Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

July 5, 2011
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

A new report, “[The Role of Driving in Reducing GHG Emissions and Oil Consumption: Recommendations for Federal Transportation Policy](http://www.wri.org/publication/role-of-driving-in-reducing-g...

The Role of Driving in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Oil Consumption

Allison Bishins, Nathan Sandwick, and Radha Neelakantan

July, 2011

This report explores whether technology improvements alone can achieve oil consumption and GHG emissions reduction targets consistent with recent draft legislation and international climate negotiations.

PRESS RELEASE: 6th Asia Clean Energy Forum Opens in Manila, Philippines

June 22, 2011
Location: Manila, Philippines

ADB President Calls for “Radical Steps” on Clean Energy

« first‹ previous123456789…next ›last »