Make greenhouse-gas accounting reliable — build interoperable systems
- Amy Luers ,
- Leehi Yona ,
- Christopher B. Field ,
- Robert B. Jackson ,
- Katharine J. Mach ,
- Benjamin W. Cashore ,
- Cynthia Elliott ,
- Lauren Gifford ,
- Colleen Honigsberg ,
- Lena Klaassen ,
- H. Damon Matthews ,
- Andi Peng ,
- Christian Stoll ,
- Marian Van Pelt ,
- Ross A. Virginia ,
- Lucas Joppa
Nature | , Vol 607
Global integrated reporting is essential if the planet is to achieve net-zero emissions. In March, the United Nations took its first meaningful step to hold investors, businesses, cities and regions accountable for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, when UN secretary-general António Guterres asked an expert panel to develop standards for ‘net-zero’ pledges by these groups. A challenge now is how to count emissions coherently.