Milestone reached for Vietnam’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory for Transport

Transport accounts for 23% of Vietnam’s total energy-based emissions and is highlighted as a focus area in the country’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC). As successful implementation of transport climate strategies rests upon the availability of comprehensive data and the application of sound assessment methods for emission reduction potentials, the Vietnamese Ministry of Transport is currently working on developing these.

Free Webinar Series: “Tracking NDC Achievement – New Accounting Perspectives”

The main purpose of the free webinar series, organised by the project Accounting Rules for the Achievement of the Mitigation Goals of non-Annex 1 countries of the GIZ and PATPA, is to share technical experiences from the pilot activities of the project, in order to help build a common understanding of the new accounting concept and requirements, without prejudging ongoing negotiations of the subject.
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Tribute to carbon neutral organizations under Costa Rica’s carbon neutrality country program

In 2012 Costa Rica created the Carbon Neutral Country Program to encourage organizations to measure, report, reduce, remove and offset the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated by their activities and thereby contribute to the Carbon Neutrality goal of Costa Rica. On 12th December 2016 almost 80 organisations from various sectors were honored for their efforts to become or maintain carbon neutral under the national program.