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Theme 1: Climate Accounting and SDG Accounting
Premise
Accounting for greenhouse gas emissions is a special case of accounting for outcomes that ahave have an impact on humanity as a whole . Arguably the (i.e. accounting for externalities). Arguably the most widely supported and comprehensive list of such outcomes is the United Nations' list of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs). Goal 13 of the SDGs is "Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts".
Developing tools and procedures for greenhouse gas accounting within a generic framework for SDG accounting will enable better integration of results and will address issues such as double counting / double crediting. It will also will also enable the wider use of some of the tools developed in the context of GHG accounting. It may also address potential problems such as double counting / double crediting.
Basic structure of SDG accounting
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