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This policy brief by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines the difference between territorial and consumer-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Scotland between 1992 and 2004. It argues that while territorial emissions have decreased, Scotland's carbon footprint has grown due to an increased reliance on imported goods produced abroad, suggesting that current accounting methods mask the true scale of Scotland's climate impact.

This working paper summarizes the outcomes of a March 2010 workshop convened by the World Resources Institute, which brought together experts from over ten GHG inventory programs to identify common challenges and recommendations for evolving greenhouse gas accounting and reporting.

This guidebook, produced by the World Resources Institute and partners, provides a standardized, geospatially based methodology for companies to estimate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from deforestation and land occupation driven by agricultural expansion. It aims to reduce the inconsistencies in corporate reporting that arise from the flexibility of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol's Land Sector and Removals Guidance (LSRG).

The World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development provide guidelines for quantifying greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions for projects that generate or reduce electricity consumption on power grids, serving as a supplement to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol for Project Accounting.

This working paper addresses widespread errors in the emission factors used for accounting for indirect greenhouse gas emissions from purchased electricity in China. It notes that incorrect factors used in 2010 could lead to a 49 percent over-estimation of emissions and warns that such inaccuracies distort signals for GHG mitigation decisions. Drawing on the GHG Protocol and ISO 14064-1:2006, the paper provides detailed calculation processes and default emission factors for China's regional grids to guide policy makers and corporate users.

This briefing from the World Resources Institute provides accounting recommendations for quantifying the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions impact of land-use change for biofeedstock production, specifically addressing the challenges of aggregating emissions and avoided emissions over time.