IDB GHG Accounting Manual
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
Feb 2021
Subject
Environmental Sustainability;
Renewable Energy;
Fossil Fuel;
Climate Change Mitigation;
Energy Efficiency;
Greenhouse Gas Emission;
Environmental Safeguard;
Environmental Impact;
Decarbonization
JEL code
Y20 - Introductory Material
Category
Learning Materials
This manual is intended as a entry-point for IDB personnel, executing agencies and external consultants who want to estimate GHG emissions for IDB projects. After discussing the rationale and principles behind GHG accounting, the manual illustrates the key steps of the GHG accounting process and describes some of the tools used by IDB to estimate and assess projects impacts on GHG emissions.
