ISO 14004:2016 has now been published. It provides guidance on all the changes that have been made to ISO 14001 in the 2015 version of the EMS standard and is designed to help companies get the most out of their EMS.
Copies of the new guidance standard can be bought from ISO here.
With Climate Week NY and the news of man and celebs taking to the streets now fading away, you might be wondering what – if anything- was achieved. Were any decisions or commitments made?
The answer is a resounding ‘yes’, and here they are summarised in eight key areas:
Food Security – the establishment of a Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture, to improve people’s food and nutrition security.
Cities – Amongst other things, more than 200 cities committed to reducing emissions by 454 Megatonnes by 2020.
Energy – The launch of a public-private partnership to double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency.
Finance – pledges of public and private financing for low carbon and climate resilient pathways.
Pricing Carbon – A call on companies to apply the Business Leadership Criteria on Carbon Pricing.
Forests – the NY declaration on Forests, pledging to end the loss of forests by 2030.
Oil & Gas – Commitments from industry and government to cut methane emissions.
Resilience – A variety of initiatives to support the worlds most vulnerable countries.
Transportation – The launch of four global alliances to scale up proven low-carbon transport tech.
Full details of all announcements can be found here. For what they ultimately will achieve – follow this blog 🙂
The UN was presented on Tuesday with a report describing the acti0ns required by the world’s 15 largest economies in order keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius. The report, written by the Deep Decarbonisation Pathways Project (DDPP), sets out a range of strategies relating to electricity supply, transport and shipping, and building codes in each country, with the aim of directing government officials and independent institutions to work on the technologies that would actually produce reductions in emissions. It makes for a very interesting read. For example in the UK by 2050 it prescribes the need for a large expansion in nuclear, gas with CCS and wind power generation. Whereas in Japan, it prescribes the need for renewable energy to reach approximately 59% of total electricity generation, and natural gas (equipped with CCS) to reach approximately one third in 2050.
The full report can be accessed here http://bit.ly/1pwFMLs
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