June 5, 2008 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Presentation
"Counting Carbon: Greenhouse Gas Inventory Tools"

Video recording (please note, there is no sound from four minutes to seven minutes)

Missy Stults, Senior Program Officer with ICLEI, provided an overview of the greenhouse gas inventory process by discussing how ICLEI's Clean Air and Climate Protection inventory tool was developed, how inventories are conducted, and how effective they are for developed and developing country cities where such data may not be routinely collected. She provided a brief comparison of the various inventory programs that are available and provided examples of inventories conducted in ICLEI member cities in developing countries.

Missy Stults works in the ICLEI Northeast Regional Capacity Center to help New England and Mid-Atlantic municipalities achieve greenhouse gas emissions reductions. In this role, she is responsible for supporting the region’s Cities for Climate Protection® (CCP) Campaign participants in reaching the Campaigns 5 Milestones. Additionally, Missy works to expand the existing New England and Mid-Atlantic ICLEI member network. Missy Stults has experience working with local and international governments on implementing climate mitigation strategies. Prior to her work with ICLEI, Missy worked with developing country governments to reduce deforestation rates and to change international climate policy. She also served as Program Manager for a project to help New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection on drafting a climate adaptation and mitigation handbook. Missy received her Masters degree in Climate and Society from Columbia University. Her undergraduate training is in marine biology and environmental science.

ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainabilityis an international membership association of local governments committed to advancing climate protection and sustainable development. Since its inception in 1990, ICLEI has grown to include nearly 1,000 cities, towns, & counties worldwide. ICLEI's mission is to build, serve, and drive a movement of local governments to advance deep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and achieve tangible improvements in local sustainability. A fundamental component of ICLEI's work is its Cities for Climate Protection® (CCP) campaign, a climate mitigation program designed to educate and empower local governments worldwide to take action on climate change. A key part of ICLEI's CCP work is the Five Milestone process, to assist local governments in reducing global warming and air pollution emissions, with the additional benefit of improving community livability. The five Milestones are: (1) establish a baseline; (2) set a target; (3) develop a local action plan; (4) implement the local action plan; and (5) measure results. Cities use the ICLEI Greenhouse Gas Emissions Calculator - Clean Air and Climate Protection to quantify their GHG emissions, set targets to lower these emissions, and identify strategies that can be employed to achieve these targets .