A Case Study on the Development of Technical Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Reporting in South Africa

South Africa has a comprehensive climate change response strategy to support the transition to a low carbon economy and a climate-resilient society. Improving the national Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory and implementing a carbon tax are but two ele...

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Main Author: Partnership for Market Readiness
Format: Technical Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/786931514912154558/A-case-study-on-the-development-of-technical-guidelines-greenhouse-gas-reporting-in-South-Africa-from-voluntary-reporting-to-mandatory-disclosure-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions
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spelling okr-10986-291162021-05-25T09:09:23Z A Case Study on the Development of Technical Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Reporting in South Africa Partnership for Market Readiness GREENHOUSE GAS CLIMATE CHANGE CARBON POLICY EMISSIONS DISCLOSURE REPORTING CLIMATE RESILIENCE GHG STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION GUIDELINES South Africa has a comprehensive climate change response strategy to support the transition to a low carbon economy and a climate-resilient society. Improving the national Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory and implementing a carbon tax are but two elements that form part of this transition. Developing mandatory GHG reporting regulations will support not only the National GHG Inventory but also aid policy formulation, implementation, and legislation while allowing South Africa to meet its reporting obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). 2018-01-03T16:27:45Z 2018-01-03T16:27:45Z 2016-12 Technical Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/786931514912154558/A-case-study-on-the-development-of-technical-guidelines-greenhouse-gas-reporting-in-South-Africa-from-voluntary-reporting-to-mandatory-disclosure-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29116 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Africa South Africa
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topic GREENHOUSE GAS
CLIMATE CHANGE
CARBON POLICY
EMISSIONS
DISCLOSURE
REPORTING
CLIMATE RESILIENCE
GHG
STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION
GUIDELINES
spellingShingle GREENHOUSE GAS
CLIMATE CHANGE
CARBON POLICY
EMISSIONS
DISCLOSURE
REPORTING
CLIMATE RESILIENCE
GHG
STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION
GUIDELINES
Partnership for Market Readiness
A Case Study on the Development of Technical Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Reporting in South Africa
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South Africa
description South Africa has a comprehensive climate change response strategy to support the transition to a low carbon economy and a climate-resilient society. Improving the national Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory and implementing a carbon tax are but two elements that form part of this transition. Developing mandatory GHG reporting regulations will support not only the National GHG Inventory but also aid policy formulation, implementation, and legislation while allowing South Africa to meet its reporting obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
format Technical Paper
author Partnership for Market Readiness
author_facet Partnership for Market Readiness
author_sort Partnership for Market Readiness
title A Case Study on the Development of Technical Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Reporting in South Africa
title_short A Case Study on the Development of Technical Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Reporting in South Africa
title_full A Case Study on the Development of Technical Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Reporting in South Africa
title_fullStr A Case Study on the Development of Technical Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Reporting in South Africa
title_full_unstemmed A Case Study on the Development of Technical Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Reporting in South Africa
title_sort case study on the development of technical guidelines for greenhouse gas reporting in south africa
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/786931514912154558/A-case-study-on-the-development-of-technical-guidelines-greenhouse-gas-reporting-in-South-Africa-from-voluntary-reporting-to-mandatory-disclosure-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions
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