Now Available: Greenhouse Gas Measurement & Management Journal

Greenhouse Gas Measurement & Management brings together information on the application of methods and techniques to estimate, measure, account and audit greenhouse gases. It presents conceptual, methodological and empirical analyses of policy-relevant metrics related to the management of greenhouse gases, and their impacts for industry, government and international organisations, with an emphasis on applied research.

About the journal
The world is now beginning to recognize the fundamental role of Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) to the success of any action to address climate change and the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that cause it. As the negotiations and legislative processes stutter, there is still an urgency to develop an infrastructure necessary to support real action. Further, despite an extensive literature on climate policy and technology, the literature on how best to manage GHG emissions is surprisingly limited.

In this present context, a new journal, published by Earthscan in cooperation with the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute, has been launched to fill a gaping void. Greenhouse Gas Measurement & Management focuses on the infrastructure to support future GHG mitigation policies by providing a scholarly forum for both academic researchers and GHG professionals. It covers the application of the science, engineering, and economic principles of GHGs with the aim of improving the way society mitigates the anthropogenic causes of global climate change. This includes concentrating on developing and providing reliable performance metrics related to GHG emissions and removals and managing activities that reduce GHG emissions to and/or increase their removals from the atmosphere.

Contents for Greenhouse Gas Measurement & Management Issue 1.1

Letter
Welcome to Greenhouse Gas Measurement and Management
Authors: Michael Gillenwater and Tinus Pulles

Editorial
Greenhouse Gas Measurement and Management
Author: Tinus Pulles

Commentaries
Public Access to Comprehensive GHG Mitigation Information: The Example of Climate Relevant Investments
Author: Jochen Harnisch

Filling a gap in climate change education and scholarship
Author: Michael Gillenwater

Research Articles
The Global N2O Budget Revisited
Authors: Alfi Syakila and Carolien Kroeze

An Output-based Intensity Approach for Crediting Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Agriculture: Explanation and Policy Implications
Authors: Brian C. Murray and Justin S. Baker

NAMA crediting: How to assess offsets from and additionality of policy-based mitigation actions in developing countries
Authors: Yuri Okubo, Daisuke Hayashi and Axel Michaelowa

MRV under the UN Climate Regime – Paper Tiger or Catalyst for Continual Improvement?
Authors: Anne Arquit and Melinda Kimble

Urban GHG inventories, target setting and mitigation achievements: How German cities fail to outperform their country
Author: Maike Sippel

Stochastic income statement planning as a basis for risk assessment in the context of emissions trading
Authors: Henry Dannenberg and Wilfried Ehrenfeld

Book Review:
The Economics of the Yasuni` initiative. Climate Change as if thermodynamics mattered
Review by Marco Buttazzoni