What are absolute emissions?
Absolute emissions are an entity’s total emissions calculated in units of carbon dioxide equivalents. The Changes in Absolute Emissions reduction method measures the change in total emissions of CO2 equivalents produced between an entity’s Base Period and its Reporting Year. Any entity may use changes in the quantity of absolute emissions (for the entity as a whole or a specific subentity) to determine emission reductions reported to EIA. However, entities that intend to register their reductions may use this method only if they can demonstrate that the output associated with covered emissions did not decline from the identified Base Period to the Reporting Year. Entities may use one or more physical or economic measures of output (such as quantity of product or total value of shipments) to demonstrate that the affected output has not declined. Technical Guidelines, Section 2.4.
