ISO Focus - February 2008

Action on climate change

ISO Focus, February 2008

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Climate change is one of the most critical global challenges of our time. Recent environmental crises have increasingly exposed our growing vulnerability to this phenomenon, and we know that the time to act is now. ISO has therefore developed a portfolio of tools to help tackle this problem.

The February 2008 ISO Focus issue on Climate Change concentrates on ISO's publication of the ISO 14064 and ISO 14065 standards on the verification and accounting of GHG emissions and their importance in delivering credible and reliable information in voluntary and regulatory carbon markets.

It looks at the collaboration between ISO and some major private sector initiatives in this area, including the World Resources Institute (WRI), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the Voluntary Carbon Standard. The expansion to other climate change related issues, including carbon footprint assessment, carbon capture and storage, desertification, and monitoring are also highlighted.

In an exclusive interview, Mr. Achim Steiner, the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), underlines the value and role of standards in addressing climate change, as well as how ISO standards contribute to UNEP’s work.

To find out what Mr. Steiner has to say on ISO standards and their role in addressing environmental challenges, together with how both organizations are working together to achieve these goals, don’t miss the February issue of ISO Focus.

Comment

Kevin McKinley
ISO Deputy Secretary-General
ISO’s toolbox for tackling climate change

Guest View

Achim Steiner
Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

“ISO 14001 and its related standards enable business to put basic systems in place, foundations without which more ambitious environmental performance measures will struggle to get off the ground.”

Main Focus

Action on climate change

Role of ISO standards in voluntary and regulated carbon markets
Greenhouse Gas Protocol – a step towards a lower carbon future
Linking greenhouse gas markets around the world
Voluntary Carbon Standard and ISO assurance for the voluntary carbon market
Managing greenhouse gas footprints
Towards an ISO standard for carbon footprint
Brazilian perspectives on ISO greenhouse gas accounting and verification standards
Standards to help address carbon capture and storage
Systematic observations for assessing, mitigating and adapting to climate change
Measurements to know and understand our world
Combating desertification