Why was it necessary to develop a standard approach to measuring cities greenhouse gas emissions?
Some government leaders think, ‘I have to report what my emissions are. I only know these three emissions, so I’ll just report these three,’ which is a good start, but it’s not comparable or consistent. [With a standard approach, an outside party can] look at emissions reports from two different governments, and they would be comparable. You could say they were measuring the same things, they were using the same factors to calculate their emissions. [With standardization,] an outside stakeholder, such as a [member of the media] or a citizen or an employee can say, ‘Well, I know this is a solid emissions report that’s been made according to established standards.
