CLIMATE NEUTRAL UN Next steps
Greenhouse gas inventories The UN system is using a common methodology to cal- culate its GHG emissions and has agreed on what emis- sion sources to include in the inventory.
Over the coming months and years, the UN system will improve the quality of data and coverage, and will fill data gaps, improving the accuracy of data, especially for the larger source categories such as air travel. It aims to replace estimates with actual data where possible, and gradually expand to achieve full coverage of field offices.
This will entail corresponding improvements to data collections systems, integrating links to ERP systems in use, improving the methodology used by the UN on an ongoing basis, and moving the UN’s overall report- ing system onto an online Internet-based platform. The agreed common boundary will also be kept under con- tinuous review.
To support these efforts, training will be provided on an ongoing basis to ensure that field offices have the necessary skills and training to prepare high quality data and inventories.
Emissions reduction measures A range of different measures is being implemented across the UN system in all duty stations, from energy efficiency measures, efficient lighting and the refur- bishing of buildings, to staff awareness programmes, sustainable procurement and even the introduction of environmental management systems.
The next steps will involve making the transition from a collection of success stories to the development of coherent emissions reduction strategies for each or-
ganization, which the UN system has agreed to do as its next step in 2010. These plans will address the full range of measures to reduce emissions, including from travel, which is the largest source category for many UN system organizations. Performance indicators will be developed to assess progress which will be reflected in the inventories.
Offsets The UN System Chief Executives Board opted to pur- chase only offsets generated under the Clean Develop- ment Mechanism (CDM). Only a few organizations have purchased offsets. A handful of organizations are or will be fully climate-neutral, one will have offset part of its footprint, while several others have made only specific high-profile events climate-neutral. Some organiza- tions have highlighted that they have yet to hold con- sultations with their governing bodies on related bud- getary issues.
In the future, common approaches to offsetting will be explored across the UN system, as appropriate, to inter- nalize climate change costs, build additional incentives for emissions reductions and efficiency gains.
Sustainable Management of the UN At the annual senior officials meeting of the UN Envi- ronment Management Group in September 2009, the UN system decided to consolidate its work on a climate neutral UN and parallel work on sustainable procure- ment into a single work stream, on sustainable man- agement in the UN. The UN climate-neutrality strategy will henceforth be addressed as part of a broader ef- fort to “green” the way the UN works, which will, in a holistic and systematic manner, address the full range of sustainability issues.
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