Carbon Management for Secure Communities

All communities face serious threats from global climate change. Significant reductions in direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions need to be achieved by all communities. This paper summarises the main approaches used in carbon management for communities with illustrations from the work of North Energy Associates Ltd in the United Kingdom and in China. This includes establishing baseline carbon dioxide emissions for communities, developing future scenarios, identifying energy efficiency potential and local renewable energy resources, evaluating emissions savings, and exploring implementation procedures.