The Climate Registry

The Climate Registry Participants
  RGGI Members
  RGGI Observers
  WRCAI Members
  WRCAI Observers
  MGGRA Members
  MGGRA Observers
  Unaffiliated Registry Participants

The Climate Registry is a nonprofit collaboration between North American states, provinces, territories, and Native Sovereign Nations to record and track the greenhouse gas emissions of businesses, municipalities and other organisations. The Climate Registry's Board of Directors is made up of 31 states of the USA, 13 provinces/territories of Canada, six states of Mexico, and three Native Sovereign Nations.[1] The data is to be independently verified to ensure accuracy, however participation by organizations is voluntary.[2] Data submitted to the Climate Registry is inputted into the Climate Registry Information System (CRIS), which was developed on EPA's CRAVe-EATS platform.

The Registry, launched on May 8, 2007,[3] is modelled on the California Climate Action Registry, which has been in operation since 2001. It is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

It will be used to provide data for carbon-reduction initiatives including the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in the Northeastern United States, the Western Regional Climate Action Initiative, and by individual states.[4]

Participants

At the launch of The Climate Registry, the following were the participants:[5] [6]

US States:

Arizona Arizona
California California
Colorado Colorado
Connecticut Connecticut
Delaware Delaware
Florida Florida
Hawaii Hawaii
Illinois Illinois

Kansas Kansas
Maine Maine
Maryland Maryland
Massachusetts Massachusetts
Michigan Michigan
Minnesota Minnesota
Missouri Missouri
Montana Montana

New Hampshire New Hampshire
New Jersey New Jersey
New Mexico New Mexico
New York New York
North Carolina North Carolina
Ohio Ohio
Oregon Oregon
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania

Rhode Island Rhode Island
South Carolina South Carolina
Utah Utah
Vermont Vermont
Washington (state) Washington
Wisconsin Wisconsin
Wyoming Wyoming

Canadian provinces:[7]
British Columbia British Columbia
Manitoba Manitoba
Ontario Ontario
Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador

As of September 24, 2009 all Canadian Provinces and Territories are participating in the greenhouse gas registry. [8]

Yukon Yukon
Northwest Territories Northwest Territories
Nunavut Nunavut
British Columbia British Columbia
Alberta Alberta
Saskatchewan Saskatchewan
Manitoba Manitoba

Ontario Ontario
Quebec Quebec
Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick New Brunswick
Nova Scotia Nova Scotia

Native American tribes:

See also

References

  1. ↑ , The Climate Registry, accessed 2008-10-03
  2. ↑ 31 states target global warming, Los Angeles Times, published 2007-05-09, accessed 2007-05-16
  3. ↑ The Climate Registry – Key Dates, The Climate Registry, accessed 2007-05-16
  4. ↑ 31 U.S. states form registry to cut carbon emissions, Reuters, published 2007-05-08, accessed 2007-05-16
  5. ↑ Press Release, The Climate Registry, published 2007-05-08, accessed 2007-05-16
  6. ↑ Press Release, Government of Ontario, published 2008-01-16, accessed 2008-03-19
  7. ↑ Source: "Provinces Joins North American Climate Registry (June 3rd 2008:VOCM)
  8. ↑ , The Climate Registry, published 2009-09-24

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