Open Letter to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP)

Seventeen energy modeling and emissions accounting researchers published an open letter to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP) urging it to advance proposed updates to the scope 2 market-based method (MBM) for corporate emissions accounting, directly countering public requests to maintain a status quo that would undermine the Protocol’s accuracy and credibility.

The letter, addressed to GHGP Chief Executive Officer Tim Mohin, articulates several points of consensus on the research underpinning the proposed MBM update. Its signatories include researchers from Princeton University, TU Berlin, the University of Edinburgh, UNSW Sydney, the Colorado School of Mines, the Technical University of Denmark, and other institutions.