ISO 14064-2 Greenhouse Gases - Part 2: Specification with Project-Level Guidance for Quantifying, Monitoring and Reporting Improvements in the Reduction or Elimination of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The standard “ISO 14064-2 Greenhouse gases - Part 2: Specification with project-level guidance for quantifying, monitoring and reporting improvements in greenhouse gas emission reductions or removals” developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) describes the principles and requirements and provides guidance at the project level for quantifying, monitoring and reporting activities aimed at causing greenhouse gas emission reductions or removal improvements. A greenhouse gas project includes requirements for planning, identifying and selecting greenhouse gas sources, sinks and reservoirs relevant to the project and baseline scenario, monitoring, quantifying, documenting and reporting greenhouse gas project performance and managing data quality.

The ISO 14060 family of standards is greenhouse gas programme neutral. If a greenhouse gas programme is applicable, its requirements are in addition to those of the ISO 14060 family of standards. The ISO 14060 family of standards provides clarity and consistency for measuring, monitoring, reporting and verifying or confirming greenhouse gas emissions and removals in order to support sustainable development through a low-carbon economy and to benefit organizations, project owners and stakeholders worldwide.

For the purposes of the ISO 14064-2 standard, the following terms and definitions apply:

• Greenhouse gases are both natural and anthropogenic gaseous components of the atmosphere. The Earth's surface absorbs and emits radiation at specific wavelengths in the infrared radiation spectrum emitted by the atmosphere and clouds. Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.
• A greenhouse gas source is the process that releases a greenhouse gas into the atmosphere.
• Greenhouse gas sink is the process that removes a greenhouse gas from the atmosphere.
• Greenhouse gas reservoir refers to the component outside the atmosphere that has the capacity to accumulate, store and release greenhouse gases.
• Greenhouse gas emission is the release of a greenhouse gas into the atmosphere.
• Greenhouse gas removal is the removal of a greenhouse gas from the atmosphere by greenhouse gas sinks.
• GHG emission reduction refers to the quantitative reduction in GHG emissions between the baseline scenario and the GHG project.
• GHG removal improvement is the quantitative increase in GHG removals between the baseline scenario and the GHG project.
• The greenhouse gas emission factor is the coefficient that relates greenhouse gas activity data to greenhouse gas emissions.
• The greenhouse gas removal factor is the coefficient that relates greenhouse gas activity data to greenhouse gas removal.
• Affected GHG source, sink, and reservoir refers to a GHG source, sink, or reservoir that is affected by a GHG project, changes in market demand or supply for associated products or services, or physical displacement.
• The baseline scenario is the hypothetical reference case that best represents the conditions most likely to occur in the absence of a proposed greenhouse gas project.
• Monitoring refers to the continuous or periodic assessment of greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse gas removals, or other greenhouse gas-related data.
• Uncertainty is the parameter associated with a quantitative result that characterizes the distribution of values ​​over which the quantity can be reasonably attributed to the quantitatively measurable quantity. Uncertainty information usually provides quantitative estimates of the likely distribution of values ​​and a qualitative description of possible causes of the distribution and may be included in a greenhouse gas report.

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