Investigating the role of ISO international standards in reducing climate change

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1 Student, Nature Engineering, University of Tehran, TEHRAN.

2 Expert of Iran National Standard Organization, TEHRAN.

Abstract

Climate change is a significant threatto life on Earth, so humankind needsto first reduce and then ultimatelyeliminate emissions of carbon dioxide.Fortunately, this transformation to azero-carbon economy is already happeningin many industrial, commercialand municipal sectors, with ISO standardsplaying a pivotal role in makingthis happen.
Based on the premise that monitoring,validating and verifying GHG emissionsenables organizations to better targetand control them, ISO technical committeeISO/TC 207 for environmentalmanagement has produced severalstandards in the ISO 1406x series tomanage greenhouse gases from organizations,projects and products. All threeparts of ISO 14064.
for example, have been so effective since ISO introduced them in 2006 that many governmental bodies regulating GHG emissions have adopted these standards and made them mandatory for assessing and verifying GHG emissions regulated within emissions trading schemes.
Since then, ISO has published a related standard, ISO 14067, for determining the GHG emissions, or carbon footprint, of products. This document describes the standards in the ISO 1406x series and how these contribute to the transition to a zero-carbon economy.

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