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Protocol Background
ICLEI has partnered with the California Air Resources Board, The California Climate Action Registry(CCAR) and The Climate Registry to develop a greenhouse gas reporting protocol for local government operations for use in the United States.
We are partnering to create harmonization between GHG inventories developed by members and reporters under these different programs, to promote the important role that local governments can play in combating global climate change, and to advance the consistent, comparable and relevant quantification of GHG emissions by local governments.
This process complements and completes ICLEI’s International Local Government GHG Emissions Analysis Protocol. This Protocol will serve as the U.S. specific supplement, operationalizing the general guidance given in the International Protocol.
The Local Government Operations Protocol is an industry-specific protocol that will provide the policy framework, calculation methodologies, and reporting guidance for quantifying GHG emissions from local government operations. The protocol will be based largely on the current guidance ICLEI members receive, but may require the development of new methodologies that account for the diverse services local governments provide, such as wastewater treatment, solid waste management, etc.
The protocol is being developed using the protocol development process designed by the Climate Registry. A key component of this process is a multi-stakeholder technical workgroup, which supports the protocol development by providing informed advice on GHG accounting and reporting issues that local governments face. The stakeholders involved in this technical workgroup include local government staff, local government association representatives, state and federal agency personnel, non-governmental organizations, and expert consultants.
A larger stakeholder advisory group has also been convened to assist in the protocol development process. The advisory group plays an important role in providing additional feedback to staff and the technical workgroup via public workshops, reviewing and commenting on drafts of the protocol.
This is the first of two forthcoming documents, these same partners will begin a similar process to develop guidance on the conduct of emissions inventories at the community scale in August.
The following section outlines the tasks and timeline for the protocol development process, members of the technical workgroup, resources from the ongoing technical workgroup meetings, as well as advisory group meeting information:
| Task | Timeline |
|---|---|
| ARB Public Workshop in Sacramento | March 11, 2008 |
| Workgroup kick-off conference call | March 13, 2008 |
| Workgroup calls to discuss issues | March/April 2008 |
| Draft protocol to workgroup/advisory group for comment | May 2008 |
| Staff incorporates comments | June 2008 |
| Revised protocol to workgroup, advisory group and public for comment | June 2008 |
| Public comment period | June/July 2008 |
| Staff incorporates comments | July 2008 |
| Final Protocol available | August 2008 |
Workgoup Members
- Ana Sandoval - Bay Area Air Quality Management District
- Nichola Wade - British Columbia Climate Action Secretariat
- Dana Papke - California Air Resources Board
- Richard Bode - California Air Resources Board
- Webster Tasat - California Air Resources Board
- Gary Gero - California Climate Action Registry
- Heather Raven - California Climate Action Registry
- Rachel Tornek - California Climate Action Registry
- Panama Bartholomy - California Energy Commission
- Amelia Ravin - CDM
- Jen McGraw - Center for Neighborhood Technologies
- Melissa Capria - City and County of San Francisco
- Linda Kermott - City of Carlsbad, CA
- Brendan Reed - City of Chula Vista, CA
- Gary Woloshyniuk - City of Edmonton, Alberta
- Gerald Shechter - City of Kansas City, Missouri
- Gretchen Hardison - City of Los Angeles, CA
- Scott Wentworth - City of Oakland, CA
- Karl Van Orsdol - City of Palo Alto, CA
- Amanda Eichel - City of Seattle, WA
- Tim O'Connor - Environmental Defense
- Kelly Zonderwyk - National Association of Counties
- Mark Lowery - NY State Department of Environmental Conservation
- Charle-Pan Dawson - NY State Energy Research and Development Authority
- Xantha Bruso - Pacific Gas & Electric Company
- Renee Zollinger - Salt Lake City, UT
- Ann Ober - Salt Lake County, UT
- Jon Elam - Tamalpais Community Service District
- Peggy Foran - The Climate Registry
- Andrea Denny - United States Environmental Protection Agency
- Chris Ganson - University of California Transportation Center
- Sarah Rees - Washington Department of Ecology
- David Rich - World Resources Institute
Workgroup Meetings
June 6, 2008
April 30, 2008
April 16, 2008
April 8, 2008
April 2, 2008
March 25, 2008
March 19, 2008
March 13, 2008
