Useful Links

Independent Resources

General

• Cement Reporting Protocol 
• Cement Certification Protocol
• WRI/ WBCSD GHG Protocol Initiative - Review of US Department of Energy Proposed Revision of the General Guidelines for Voluntary of Greenhouse Gases Reporting 
• IEA GHG Research & Development Program - Emission Reduction of Greenhouse Gases from the Cement Industry
• OECD Environment Directorate & International Energy Agency (2003) - Policies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Industry – Successful Approaches and Lessons Learnt: Workshop Report
• Productivity Commission, Australia (1991) - Costs and Benefits of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Industry Commission Inquiry Report

Greenhouse Gas Inventories

• IPCC-NGGIP (2001) - Good Practice Guidance and Uncertainty Management in National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
• EMEP/CORINAIR (2003) - Emission Inventory Guidebook, 3rd Edition Updater

Emissions Trading

• ETEI (1999) - Emissions Trading Handbook
• Stephen Bygrave (OECD) and Martina Bosi (IEA) (2004) - Linking Project-based Mechanisms with Domestic Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Schemes
• OECD and IEA (2001) - International Emission Trading: From Concept to Reality
• Margaree Consultants Inc. for EPRI, IEA and IETA (Oct 2001) - Linking Domestic and Industry Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading Systems

Greenhouse Gas Measuring/ Reporting

• Background and General Summary, ClimateBiz - Measuring and Reporting of Greenhouse Gases
• Background and General Summary, ClimateBiz - Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• OECD and IEA (2001) - International Emission Trading: From Concept to Reality
• GEMI - Measurement and Metrics (of Greenhouse Gases)

Industry-related Resources

• APCA - Factsheet on Concrete Facts about Sustainability
• CIF (2003) - Cement Industry Environment Report
• CEMBUREAU (1998) - Climate Change, Cement and the EU

Interesting Links

• WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol Initiative - Corporate GHG Accounting and Reporting
• International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)

Other Links 

CO₂

• www.cembureau.be/default.asp?p=Key_09.asp 

CO₂ Accounting

• Climate Leaders - Greenhouse Gas Inventory Protocol Core Module Guidance:  Direct Emissions from the Cement Sector
• California Climate Action Registry - Cement Reporting Protocol

Energy Efficiency   

• Energy Technology Policy Division of International Energy Agency - Energy Efficiency and CO₂ Emissions from the Global Cement Industry

China

• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars - China Environment Forum
• www.ghgprotocol.org/wri-hosts-workshop-on-energy-savings-and-co2-reductions-in-the-chinese-cement-industry

• World Resources Institute - Controlling CO₂ Emissions in China's Cement Industry

Sector Analysis

• www.electricitypolicy.org.uk/TSEC/2/rt5/damailly.pdf
• www.ideacarbon.com/IDEAcarbon_EU_ETS_Cement_Sector_Survey_and_Analysis.pdf
• ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/emission/pdf/080411/reinaud_ec_presentation.pdf
• www.enseignement.polytechnique.fr/economie/chaire-business-economics/Competitiveness%20issues%20and%20the%20cement%20sector%20april%2014%202008.pdf
• Environment Agency - EU Emissions Trading Scheme – further approaches to benchmarking in steel and cement sectors

Technology

• Asia-Pacific Partnership On Clean Development & Climate, Cement Taskforce - Energy Efficiency and Resource Saving Technologies in Cement Industry

Others

• The New York Times - Cement Industry Is at Center of Climate Change Debate (26 October 2007)
• www.forumforthefuture.org/greenfutures/articles/wearetheproblem