In 2009, for the first time, all UN organisations worked together to measure the greenhouse gas emissions of the entire UN system. This involved measuring the emissions of each of the UN's offices in 530 locations, and every plane journey undertaken by UN staff - to establish a clear base-line for 2008, which was published at Copenhagen in December 2009 in Moving Towards a Climate Neutral UN. The process has been annually repeated since then assessing the UN's climate footprint until 2015 and the methodology has been improved and updated.
Full details of the Climate Neutral Strategy, the greenhouse gas inventory and the reporting process can be found on the Environment Management Group (EMG) website.
- Measuring the UN's impacts
- Reducing the UN's impacts
- Offsetting our emissions
For more information, please visit the different sections on the environmental indicators: GHG emissions and waste on the Greening the Blue website.
