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Contents Page
Foreword. ivIntroduction.. V1 Scope 12 3 Terms and definitions. Normative references. 1 13.1 3.2 Terms relating to the GHG quantification process. Terms relating to greenhouse gases. 3 13.4 Terms relating to organizations and interested parties. Terms relating to verification and validation. 4Principles. 5 54.1 4.2 General. Relevance. 5 54.3 4.4 Completeness. Consistency 6 64.5 4.6 Accuracy. 6 64.7 Conservativeness 6Introduction to GHG projects. Requirements for GHG projects. .8 66.1 6.2 General requirements. Describing the project. 9 89 6.4 Identifying GHG SSRs relevant to the project. Determining the GHG baseline 10 106.5 6.6 Selecting GHG SSRs for monitoring or estimating GHG emissions and removals. Identifying GHG SSRs relevant to the baseline scenario. 11 116.7 6.8 Quantifying GHG emissions and/or removals. Quantifying GHG emission reductions and removal enhancements 11 126.9 6.10 Managing dataqualty Monitoring the GHG project. 126.11 6.12 Documenting the GHG project. Verification and/or validation of the GHG project. 13 126.13 Reporting the GHG project. 13 13Bibliography. Annex A (informative) Guidance on the use of this document. 15 .26
Foreword
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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 207 Environmental mangement Submittee SC 7 Greenhouse gas monogement and related activities.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 14064-2:2006) which has been technically revised. The main changes pared with the previous edition are as follows:
the concept of additionality and the baseline scenario have been changed;
text related to the Kyoto mechanism has been deleted.
A list of all parts in the ISO 14064 series can be found on the ISO website.
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Introduction
0.1 Background
Climate change arising from anthropogenic activity has been identified as one of the greatest challengesfacing the world and will continue to affect business and citizens over future decades.
Climate change has implications for both human and natural systems and could lead to significant impacts on resource availability economic activity and human wellbeing In response international regional national and local initiatives are being developed and implemented by public and privatefacilitate adaptation to climate change.
on the basis of the best available scientific knowledge. ISO produces documents that support the There is a need for an effective and progressive response to the urgent threat of climate changetransformation of scientific knowledge into tools that will help address climate change.
GHG initiatives on mitigation rely on the quantification monitoring reporting and verification of GHG emissions and/or removals.
The ISO 14060 family of standards provides clarity and consistency for quantifying monitoring through low-carbon economy and to benefit organizations project proponents and interested parties reporting and validating or verifying GHG emissions and removals to support sustainable developmentworldwide. Specifically the use of the ISO 14060 family of standards:
enhancesthecredibility consistencyand transparencyofGHGquantification monitoring reporting verification and validation;facilitates the development and implementation of mitigation actions through emission reductions or removal enhancements;facilitates the ability to track performance and progress in the reduction of GHG emissions and/orincrease in GHG removals.
enhances the environmental integrity of GHG quantification;
facilitates the development and implementation of GHG management strategies and plans;
Applications of the ISO 14060 family of standards include:
corporate decisions such as identifying emission reduction opportunities and increasingprofitability by reducing energy consumption;- carbon risk management such as the identification and management of risks and opportunities;voluntary initiatives such as participation in voluntary GHG registries or sustainability reporting initiatives; GHG markets such as the buying and selling of GHG allowances or credits;regulatory/government GHG programmes such as credit for early action agreements or nationaland local reporting initiatives.
ISO 14064-1 details principles and requirements for designing developing managing and reportingorganization-level GHG inventories.
It includes requirements for determining GHG emission and removal boundaries quantifying an organization's GHG emissions and removals and identifying specific pany actions or activitiesaimed at improving GHG management.
It also includes requirements and guidance on inventory quality management reporting internal auditing and the organization's responsibilities in verification activities.
