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Carbon accounting

Systematic quantification of carbon stocks and flows within an explicit boundary and time period.

Definition

Systematic quantification of carbon stocks and flows within an explicit boundary and time period. Follow the related lesson to see how this term changes a system boundary or decision.

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Carbon accounting, boundaries and counterfactuals

Carbon claims depend on what flows are counted, over what time, compared with which alternative and under whose attribution.

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REFERENCES

References & further reading

  1. International Organization for Standardization (2006). ISO 14040:2006 Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Principles and framework.Open source ↗