1. THE REMIT
INITIATIVE FOR CARBON ACCOUNTING
Purpose: ICARB provides a space for technical experts, academics, policy
and decision makers and pracFFoners alike to:
• Touch base to discuss and agree and ways forward in the development of
Relevant, Complete, Consistent, Transparent and Accurate accounFng
tools.
• To share technical challenges and soluFons.
• To be part of a capacity building process across ScoLsh sectors and
stakeholders in this emerging field.

3. 2008 Carbon AccounFng
Working ParFes
Sectorial
Ver4cal – Applica4on levels
5. VerFcal Scoping: Individual,
city, region, naFon
General Horizontal ‐ Sectors
Depth – Methodological 6. Buildings
parameters 7. ICT
1. Units and Metrics 8. Transport, Water, Waste
2. Datasets 9. Food, Agriculture and Land
3. Boundaries Use OrganisaQon
4. Factors 10. Energy: oil and gas, coal, Project
nuclear, renewables,
demand
11. Materials
The sectorial workgroups deal with the organisaQon and project
applicaQon levels

4. 2011 ICARB Workshops
• Energy Workshop
• Buildings Workshop
• LCA Workshop
• Agriculture Workshop
• Waste Workshop
• Community Groups Workshop
• Forestry Workshop
• Tourism Workshop Oct 5
• ICT Workshop Oct 12
• Boundaries Workshop Oct 19
• Finance Workshop Nov 3

5. WESTMINSTER AND SCOTTISH CARBON COUNTING GROUP
NaFonal & InternaFonal Conferences
1st Conference on Carbon AccounQng
InsQtuQon of Civil Engineers at 1 George Street, Westminster, on 24th January 2008,
2nd Conference on Carbon AccounQng in the ScoYsh Parliament , Holyrood
was held on the 8th of April 2008
3rd Conference on Carbon AccounQng, Edinburgh Conference Centre,
Heriot WaZ University 15th October 2009, 10.00am ‐ 5.pm

6. Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot WaZ University 25th November 2011, 9.00am ‐ 5.pm
Surveying the landscape and mapping the future of Carbon Accoun9ng in Scotland

7. 2011 ICARB Conference programme
• 9.00 – 9.30am Coffee and RegistraFon
• 9.30 – 9.45am ICARB Welcome – Sarah Boyack and Sue Roaf
• 9.45 – 10.10 David Wilson, Director for Energy and Climate in the ScoYsh Government: Scotland’s transi4on to a Low
Carbon Economy: Policies and Proposal s for mee4ng Scotland’s Climate Change targets.
• 10.10 – 10.35 Adam Hawkes, AEA technology: The significance of energy emission factors in correct accoun4ng
• 10.35 – 11.00 Karen Turner, SQrling University: The evolving carbon data landscape of Scotland
• 11.00 – 11.20 Tea and Coffee:
• 11.20 – 11.45 John BarreZ, University of Leeds: PAS ‐ Present and Future
• 11.45 – 12.10 Angela Druckman, RESOLVE, University of Surrey: The Rebound Effect
• 12.10 ‐ 12.30 Gary Davis, Ecometrica: Appropriate Scope and approaches for Scotland
• 12.30 – 12.50 Robin Currie, SRI Research, northern Ireland: The use of Ecological and Carbon Footprint Analysis in policy
making: applica4on and insights using the REAP model
• 12.50 – 13.20 Panel Discussion: Chair Andrew Kerr, Edinburgh Climate Change Centre. Environmentally extended
in‐put / out‐put (EEIO) Methodologies and Scope 3 emissions: Ways Forward. Panel: John BarreZ, Adam Hawkes, Gary
David and Gary Lanigan.
• 13.20 – 13.50 LUNCH
• 13.50 – 14.15 Gary Lanigan, Irish Government : Accoun4ng for Agriculture in the Republic of Ireland
• 14.15 – 14.30 Charles Henderson, Climate Futures: How Fit for Purpose are community accounQng systems
• 14.30 – 14.45 Stuart Macpherson, Irons Foulner: Driving carbon reduc4ons in a stagnant building market
• 14.15 – 14.30 Jim Baird, Glasgow Caledonian University: Accoun4ng for Waste
• 14.30 – 14.35 Rick , University of Edinburgh, Personal Carbon Accoun4ng in Transi4on Edinburgh
• 14.35 – 15.30 SECTOR WORKSHOPS – DECIDING THE 2012 QUESTIONS FOR ICARB (with Tea):
• 15.30 – 16.10 Workshop leaders: Feedback from Workgroups – towards a 2011 ICARB programme
• 16.10 – 16.30 Daniel Hinze, ScoYsh Government: Making carbon count in Scotland: the Challenge, the TracQon & Plan
• 16.30 Thanks and End

8. For more informaQon see
www.icarb.org
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