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New Methodology for Reporting BC Local Government GHG Emissions (PDF/360kb) (read more below)
Most B.C. communities have made the commitment to become carbon neutral by 2012. Out of 188 municipalities, 180 have signed the B.C. Climate Action Charter.
By signing the Charter, local governments commit to measuring and reporting on their community’s greenhouse gas emissions profile. They will also work to create compact, more energy efficient communities.
Local governments can achieve carbon neutrality by reducing emissions, by purchasing carbon offsets to compensate for their greenhouse gas emissions or by developing projects to offset emissions.
On September 24, 2008, the Province announced the Climate Action Revenue Incentive program to offset the carbon tax for local governments who have signed the B.C. Climate Action Charter.
For more information, including a list of communities that have signed the Charter, please visit the Ministry of Community and Rural Development.
To follow stories and news about green communities and local climate action in B.C. visit www.LiveSmartBC.ca/community.
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Methodology for Reporting BC Local Government GHG Emissions
The 2011 Methodology for Reporting B.C. Local Government Greenhouse Gas Emissions has been developed for use by those local governments who are using or considering using a corporate emissions inventory and reporting tool. The document details the emission factors and methodology used by SMARTTool and SMARTTEC which are based on internationally-recognised standards for calculating and reporting emissions.
The use of the emission factors and methodologies contained in this document are required by the Green Communities Committee as part of the common approach to carbon neutrality under the Climate Action Charter.
Local governments that use the information provided in this document need to consider if they have or can access the expertise and knowledge required to properly apply the emission factors and methodologies as technical support for this document is not available.
Please note that this document will be updated periodically to reflect changes or clarifications to the emission factors, methodologies and scope. For this reason, local governments should ensure that they are using the most current version of the Methodology when they are calculating their corporate emissions.
Major changes and clarifications for 2011 include:
- updates to emission factors in line with annual updates to peer-reviewed documents and national and provincial emission factor inventories;
- modifications to emission factors to include the Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements Regulation benchmarks for 2011;
- the addition of Bio CO2 emission factors to data tables;
- more specific instructions for how to treat biomass combustion.
If you have any comments or questions on the Methodology please email: the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development at
IRPD@gov.bc.ca. Please put "Methodology" in the email subject line.
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