The most important GHG accounting concept you may not have heard of: the attributional-consequential distinction

IF 2.8 4区环境科学与生态学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Carbon Management Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI:10.1080/17583004.2022.2088402

M. Brander

引用次数: 3

Abstract

Abstract There are two major types of GHG accounting, attributional methods and consequential methods. Often practitioners are not aware of the distinction and use an inappropriate method for a given purpose. Attributional methods are inventories of emissions and removals within a defined inventory boundary and are appropriate for allocating carbon budgets and setting reduction targets. However, attributional methods can lead to actions that unintentionally increase emissions as they only provide information on emissions/removals within the inventory boundary. Consequential methods aim to provide information on the system-wide or global change caused by actions and are the appropriate method for informing decisions aimed at reducing emissions.

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你可能没有听说过最重要的温室气体核算概念:归因-后果区分

温室气体核算主要有归因法和结果法两大类。通常从业者没有意识到这一区别，并为给定的目的使用了不适当的方法。归因方法是在确定的清单范围内对排放和清除进行清单，适用于分配碳预算和设定减排目标。然而，归因方法可能导致无意中增加排放的行动，因为它们只提供关于清单边界内的排放/清除的信息。结果性方法旨在提供关于行动引起的全系统或全球变化的信息，是为旨在减少排放的决定提供信息的适当方法。

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Carbon Management ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES-

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5.80

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3.20%

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期刊介绍： Carbon Management is a scholarly peer-reviewed forum for insights from the diverse array of disciplines that enhance our understanding of carbon dioxide and other GHG interactions – from biology, ecology, chemistry and engineering to law, policy, economics and sociology. The core aim of Carbon Management is it to examine the options and mechanisms for mitigating the causes and impacts of climate change, which includes mechanisms for reducing emissions and enhancing the removal of GHGs from the atmosphere, as well as metrics used to measure performance of options and mechanisms resulting from international treaties, domestic policies, local regulations, environmental markets, technologies, industrial efforts and consumer choices. One key aim of the journal is to catalyse intellectual debate in an inclusive and scientific manner on the practical work of policy implementation related to the long-term effort of managing our global GHG emissions and impacts. Decisions made in the near future will have profound impacts on the global climate and biosphere. Carbon Management delivers research findings in an accessible format to inform decisions in the fields of research, education, management and environmental policy.