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GHG quantification methods

Methods for calculating greenhouse gas emissions from fuel use and operations, and how they differ between programs and frameworks.

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  1. Clean Fuel Regulations

    Evolving Compliance: In-Depth Insights from the 2024 Clean Fuel Regulations Verification Review

    A breakdown of ECCC’s 2024 review of Clean Fuel Regulations, highlighting key compliance insights, verification challenges, and recommended best practices.

    · 3 min read
  2. Clean Fuel Regulations

    Mastering the Clean Fuel Regulations: In-Depth Lessons from the 2022 Verification Review

    ECCC's 2022 CFR verification review uncovered critical gaps and best practices across 55 credit-creation reports. Here's what verifiers and compliance officers need to know to strengthen future reporting.

    · 4 min read
  3. Tutorials

    Fuel Consumption Estimation

    Guide to correcting fuel consumption estimation errors in AQM v2.3 using API 2021 methodology.

    · 6 min read
  4. GHG quantification

    Beyond Simulations: A Real-World Look at Canadian Oil Sands Fuel Consumption

    To design effective climate policies, we need accurate data, not just simulations. Our new study analyzes actual fuel use from 18 Canadian in situ oil sands schemes to uncover the real drivers of emissions intensity and evaluate the effectiveness of Alberta’s intensity-based TIER regulation.

    · 2 min read
  5. Verification practice

    How to Calculate Carbon Content of liquid fuels

    Method to calculate carbon content of liquid fuel

    · 2 min read
  6. Tutorials

    The difference between CBAM and GHG Protocol

    The difference between Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and the GHG Protocol

    · 4 min read
  7. Verification practice

    Performance Materiality in GHG verification/assurance

    Performance materiality is less commonly applied to GHG verification by verifier without a financial audit background.

    · 4 min read
  8. Clean Fuel Regulations

    Clean Fuel Regulation - Verification Limit

    Clean Fuel Regulation sets a limit on the verification of different reports

    · 2 min read