This paper provides an overview of current government schemes promoting corporate reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and analyses their main building blocks. It describes the drivers and challenges for governments, companies and investors in dealing with GHG reporting and includes 4...

Neueste wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse zeigen, dass nur noch eine begrenzte Menge an Kohlendioxid in die Atmosphäre gelangen darf, um einen gefährlichen Klimawandel zu vermeiden. Deswegen schlägt der WBGU eine globale Obergrenze für Kohlendioxid aus fossilen Quellen vor ("Globalbudget"), die...

According to current international climate change regime countries are responsible for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which result from economic activities within national borders, including emissions from producing goods for exports. At the same time imports of carbon intensive goods are not...

It is still difficult for biofuel producers to prove the contribution of their biofuels to reducing carbon emissions because the production of biofuel feedstocks can cause land use change (LUC), which in turn causes carbon emissions. A carbon map can serve as a basis to proof such contribution....