Carbon Accountable

Today Carbon Accountable released a roadmap for implementation of #SB253, the California Climate Corporate Accountability Act (Senator Wiener - SD11). The document identifies key policy principles and presents exemplar regulations. It clearly demonstrates the feasibility of adhering to the statutory timeline established by the law, and sharply challenges the rationale for the proposed two year delay by the Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom for this critical climate law. While Carbon Accountable looks forward to the formal process that will be led by the ARB to develop SB 253 implementing regulations, this exercise demonstrates that the timely development of a robust set of implementing regulations for SB 253 is eminently doable. This is good news because there is no time to lose - #companies need #GHGemissionsdata to manage climate risks and inform their chosen decarbonization strategies and #consumers and #investors must have access to the #climatedata they need for decision making. #ClimateAccountability #GHGData  #CarbonTransparency #ClimateAction Here's a link to story in Politico California Climate - https://politi.co/4cgZy8O Here’s a link to the full roadmap - https://bit.ly/3AoCQOw

I'm thrilled to announce the publication of "Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Climate Change Adaptation: Adapting to Flood Risk" by Springer Nature, a book I edited with the esteemed Dr. Kwi-Gon Kim.  With flooding disasters making headlines across the world, the release of this new book provides timely insights and new innovative approaches to #climateriskmanagement and #greenrecovery.  It was an honor to work with and learn from in-country professionals from across the Global South and other experts.  This book breaks important new ground in the field of adaptation by featuring: 🌏 Voices and insights from Global South practitioners - All too often the current conversation about climate action and adaptation is told from the perspective of those outside the countries most impacted by climate change. The centerpiece of the book are 13 case studies focused on flooding hazards, disaster management and green recovery by professionals in 11 countries across the Global South including: Ezekiel Azuure (Ghana), Azhari Putri Cempaka (Indonesia), navin chea (Cambodia), NEIL PAUL FARA-ON (Philippines), Tewelde Alema (Ethiopia), Ma. Chris Velmida Gianzon - Baguna (Philippines), Kambiz Karimi (Afghanistan), Keo Hak (Cambodia), Saadatu Gambo (Nigeria), Del Piero Raphael Arana Ruedas (Peru), Mohammad Nazir Safi (Afghanistan), Md Abu Bakar Siddique Md. (Bangladesh), and Samuel Yawe Kusasira (Uganda). 🌎 New technologies and the digitalization of climate solutions - Global experts from ICLEI and Green Digital Finance Alliance including Katherine Foster, Pourya Salehi, Dr. David Corbett, Jannika Aalto, and Pietro Visetti explore opportunities to leverage the power of new technologies like AI, Digital Twins and the Metaverse to unlock new data insights and hazard reduction solutions and Si Chen explores the application of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) to drive flood reduction solutions with a focus on the insurance sector.  🌍 Locally driven and context-specific insights and co-benefit solution-making - This book shows the limitations of legacy approaches and provides insights into new frameworks that value localized data and community engagement and promotes new integrated models. It was so much fun to partner with Saharnaz Mirzazad, AICP, the ED of ICLEI USA on “The Critical Role of Community-Drive Adaptation and Resilience Building: Bright Spots and Lessons from the State of California” and to feature Dr. Kim 's important chapter exploring the powerful co-benefits of combining adaptation and mitigation frameworks.  Check out: 🔗 Book information from Springer Press: https://bit.ly/3Yzy6PO 🔗 EIN Presswire release: https://bit.ly/3NC3W8w #FloodRiskAssesment #GreenRecovery #AdaptationandResilience #ClimateRiskManagement #CobenefitSolutions  #CommunityDrivenDecisionmaking #NextGenTechnology

Excited to be named to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) Corporate Standard Technical Working Group and look forward to rolling up my sleeves to support the Protocol update under the guidance of the newly created Independent Standards Board. The GHG Protocol is the preeminent GHG accounting and reporting standard in the world and is a critical driver for our collective efforts to increase accountability, inform corporate decarbonization and catalyze the development of the carbon economy. #GHGProtocol #DataTransparency #ClimateEconomy #IncreaseAmbition #CorporateDecarbonization Christina Abbott John Altomonte Christa Anderson Samuel Anuga (PhD) Rebecca Berg Tatiana Boldyreva Rogelio Campos Debbie Crawshawe VICTORIA EVANS Rubens Ferreira Kia Hong Goh Henk Harmsen Ron-Hendrik Hechelmann Burkhard Huckestein Gijs Kamperman RA Eric Knachel Bonar Laureto Dedy Mahardika Sachin Nimbalkar Mónica Oleo Domínguez Ann Radil Jo Richmond Martina Massei Philippe Missi Alexis McGivern Brandon McNamara Daniel Tutu Benefoh Heather Vainisi Gernot Wagner Monika Shrivastava Alisa Shumm Vicky Sullivan

#California lawmakers, led by Senators Scott Wiener and Henry Stern did the right thing by rejecting a cynical effort to delay implementation of the State's landmark corporate climate accountability laws - #SB253 and #SB261. Opposition forces, that have relentlessly worked to undermine and block implementation since they were introduced in 2021, tried to push back reporting for full scope corporate emissions until 2029. In response, Legislators passed #SB219, a set of common sense, technical amendments that keeps first reporting for corporations starting January 2026, as prescribed in the statute. Lawmakers in the Senate and Assembly rejected legislative efforts to delay corporate reporting of emissions for 2 years, while granting the California Air Resources Board an additional six months to complete the regulations for implementation. Now it's on the desk of Governor Gavin Newsom for his signature. #climatedata #corporateaccountability #transparency https://lnkd.in/gtAUc_YK

Leading businesses call on lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom to fully fund the implementation of California's landmark corporate climate disclosure legislation. #SB253 #SB261. The letter from Ceres, Inc. demonstrating this key support is linked below. (https://lnkd.in/gtpd9WNM)

Thank you Janet Ranganathan and the World Resources Institute for this important contribution. Frankly, we've been troubled by the "either/or" tone of some of the dialogue to date. We need multiple tools in our GHG accounting toolbox to get the job done and the critical importance of the GHG Protocol is not lessened by the existence of alternative approaches to emissions reporting. When Carbon Accountable drafted language for California's new corporate emissions disclosure law (SB 253) we required the use of the GHG Protocol because it is the standard that is the throughput across all of the emerging mandatory global reporting regimes. Let's roll up our sleeves and inform the GHG Protocol as it continues to evolve to support - and drive - corporate decarbonization, smart climate action and the development of the climate economy.

Really psyched to be included in Green Queen Media ‘s profiles of #Climate queens. Read about what drives my #ClimateInfluence work and the opportunities that we keep neglecting in climate #leadership storytelling. Thank you, Sonalie Figueiras and team! *I’ll just keep influencing climate influence via podcasting and collaborations, and… wherever I’m recording episodes or at events. Speaking of - who will I see at Bloomberg Live #Greenfest in #Seattle this July (let’s talk there!) ?

🌎👑 FULL INTERVIEW WITH CLIMATE QUEEN ANDREA LEARNED! Andrea Learned 🚲 Ⓥ 🎙️ is a climate influence advisor and the host of the Living Change climate leadership podcast. She empowers corporate, NGO and policy leaders to embrace their climate leadership and step into the limelight comfortably and authentically. She believes that when they remain quiet and hidden, we miss out on a powerful force for climate action. 💭 What drives you to do what you do? I’m absolutely driven by love for this planet AND an awareness that the simplest levers to nudge climate leadership change are not being pulled (and it frustrates me!!). 💭 What does your average day look like? It starts with walking my dogs and then meditating for 20 minutes to an hour. Mornings through early afternoons are spent monitoring news and social media, doing client advisory calls, working on client projects, developing partners for various conferences or creative projects, writing my newsletter, recording Swellcasts (a social audio platform), future podcast planning, and finding ways to get more involved in climate policy work in this election year! Afternoons involve another dog walk, some more of the above, a workout… and a 10 minute online drum lesson, which I just started recently and has added layers of joy to my life! 💭 What's your go-to healthy and sustainable recipe? The 10-minute Happy Pear Easy Pod Thai, packed with nearly half of your 30 plant foods per week. 💭 Name a Climate Queen you admire and who inspires you. Catherine Atkin. Hands down. She is the policy architect of a California bill that became the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act. She is the type of amazing head-down, dedicated, legal mind who, with her Carbon Accountable co-founder, Michael Schmitz, spent years working on getting SB 253 passed and signed by Governor Newsom. Not sexy work, but game changing. Being able to elevate and amplify her leadership at the tail end of that charge this past late summer and fall was a dream. She represents the type of somewhat hidden leader who needs to be more seen. Keep your eye on her. 💭 The most important thing we need to do to fight the climate crisis is… ...build leadership political will. We have the solutions. We have the science. We have citizen support. We MUST better tend the human capacity for change and help leaders with influence build and leverage political will. (Now you see what motivates me!) Find out more about Andrea here: https://lnkd.in/exktbqWP #GreenQueen #innovation #sustainability #climatechange #climateaction #emissions -------- Love climate & sustainability stories? 💚 Subscribe to our newsletter, Green Queen on Mondays, to meet more incredible Climate Queens: https://lnkd.in/eMJ7WwXC

Last year, companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Salesforce helped score a big climate policy win: California's landmark climate disclosure bill, SB 253. Now, we need companies to speak up for funding SB 253 in Sacramento so the law can be implemented. The legislature is moving the budget on a fast track this year – there’s no time to waste. The key issue now is whether funds for SB 253 implementation will be included in the state budget for 2024-25, since Governor Newsom – facing a big deficit – announced funding cuts in the draft budget he proposed in January. This California law, and the new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) rule also mandating climate disclosures, are both under legal attack from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, part of a longtime pattern of obstructing climate policy progress. If your company does business in California, ask your sustainability and/or government relations teams to weigh in on funding SB 253. Current estimates on the cost of implementation are way too high; and many companies are already reporting their emissions and climate-related financial risk, as required by regulators in the European Union. 💥 Pro-climate companies support accountability! Share this post and tag your company's leaders below asking them to take action in support of strong climate disclosure rules. 💥 cc: Tim Powderly, Cornelius McGrath, Alisha Johnson Wilder, Chris Busch, Kate Brandt, Marsden Hanna, Karan Bhatia, Mark Isakowitz, Michael Terrell, Satya Nadella, Brad Smith, Melanie Nakagawa, Fred Humphries, Marc Benioff, Suzanne DiBianca, Tim Christophersen, Eric Loeb, Megan Lorenzen, Zach Carstensen, Serena Ingre

Deeply honored to be included in Reuters “Trailblazing Women in Climate” list in celebration of #IWD2024 alongside a group of amazing leaders.  The article features women across the globe - #policymakers #activists #academics #corporateexecutives #entrepreneurs - who are driving climate action on multiple fronts to ensure a sustainable and just future for the 7.5 billion people that share this planet together. Check out the article bit.ly/4a2GBG3 and download the full report https://lnkd.in/g355-SkR Rachel Kyte, Dr Nina Seega, Dr. Sonja Stuchtey, Kathy Baughman McLeod, Kate Brandt, Kat Bruce, Claire Lund, Heather Buchanan, Laura Clarke OBE, Kimiko Hirata, Shirley Krenak Krenak, Damilola Ogunbiyi María Mendiluce Edda Aradottir Halla Tomasdottir, Teresa Ribera, Friederike Otto