4 Main content
4.1 General
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4.2 Data models
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4.2.1 Basic data types
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Foreword
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Introduction
This document is intended for developers of ISO standards and other deliverables to encourage the inclusion of provisions in standards to address climate change impacts, risks and opportunities, and aims to:
enable standards committees to determine if the standard under consideration should take into account aspects, issues, impacts, risks and/or opportunities associated with climate change;
provide standards developers with a systematic approach to address climate change impacts, risks and opportunities in a coherent and consistent manner, with regard to both new and revised standards, and in a manner related to the objective and scope of the standard being developed;
promote consistency and compatibility to the extent practical among standards that directly or indirectly address climate change and their wider uptake in support of sustainability.
Guidelines for addressing climate change in standards
1 Scope
This document provides guidance to standards developers on how to take account of climate change in the planning, drafting, revision and updating of ISO standards and other deliverables.
It outlines a framework and general principles that standards developers can use to develop their own approach to addressing climate change on a subject-specific basis.
2 Normative references
There are no normative references in this document.
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms
3.1 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
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3.1.1
greenhouse gas
GHG
gaseous constituent of the atmosphere, both natural and anthropogenic (3.1.4), that absorbs and emits radiation at specific wavelengths within the spectrum of infrared radiation emitted by the Earth’s surface, the atmosphere, and clouds
[SOURCE: ISO 14064-1:2018, 3.1.1, modified – The Notes to entry have been removed.]
3.1.2
greenhouse gas emission
GHG emission
release of a GHG (3.1.1) into the atmosphere
[SOURCE: ISO 14064-1:2018, 3.1.5]
3.1.3
greenhouse gas removal
GHG removal
withdrawal of a GHG (3.1.1) from the atmosphere
[SOURCE: ISO 14064-1:2018, 3.1.6, modified – The words “by GHG sinks” have been removed from the definition.]
3.1.4
anthropogenic
resulting from or caused by human activity
3.2 Abbreviated terms
CC
Climate Change
CCM
Climate Change Mitigation
CCS
Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage
CCU
Carbon Dioxide Capture and Utilization
CFP
Carbon Footprint of a Product
GHG
Greenhouse Gas
Annex A
(normative)
Annex One
This is a normative annex.
Annex B
(informative)
Annex Two
This is an informative annex.
Bibliography
[1] ISO 14001:2015, Environmental management systems — Requirements with guidance for use
[2] ISO 14064-1:2018, Greenhouse gases — Part 1: Specification with guidance at the organization level for quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals
[3] ISO 31000:2018, Risk management — Guidelines