Around the world, there is an increasing push for robust carbon accounting, in which private firms would be responsible for tracking and reporting their own emissions of the life cycles of their products and services, among other climate-related data points. The required collection and reporting of such granular climate data is seen as an essential step in the fight to keep global warming within 1.5-2º Celsius above average pre-industrial temperatures, thereby avoiding catastrophic climate change. Members of an international Task Force…
