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Climate Accounting and SDG Accounting
Premise
Greenhouse gas accounting is a special case of
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Accounting for greenhouse gas emission reductions is a special case of accounting for outcomes that are beneficial to humanity as a whole. Arguably the most widely supported comprehensive list of such outcomes are the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs). Goal 13 of the SDGs is "Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts".
The conceptualisation of generic framework for SDG accounting