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Update on the GHG Community Protocol Development
by Don Knapp
ICLEI’s work on a national protocol for community greenhouse gas inventories is moving forward rapidly in 2012. When it is released in the third quarter of 2012, the Community-Scale GHG Emissions Accounting and Reporting Protocol will set the standard for how local governments across the country measure and report GHG emissions for their communities.
The Community Protocol development is now being supported in part by Pacific Gas & Electric Company. ICLEI is grateful for the generosity of PG&E and other funders who recognize the importance of this groundbreaking project. ICLEI’s Richard Alden Feldon leads the development of the protocol, working with other ICLEI staff and the Community Protocol Steering Committee and the sector-specific Technical Advisory Committees.
A revised timeline for completing the Community Protocol is as follows:
- Complete all Community Protocol GHG emissions accounting and reporting drafts for Steering Committee review by the end of Q1 2012
- Revise all Community Protocol GHG emissions accounting and reporting methods in Q2 2012
- Release Community Protocol for public comment in Q2 2012
- Details about the public comment period, which is anticipated to be over a four-week period, will be forthcoming
- Release final Community Protocol in Q3 2012
If you have any further questions about the Community Protocol development process, please contact Brian Holland, Climate Programs Director, at brian.holland@iclei.org.
