Former California Advisor Sees GHG Reporting Rules Crucial For COP26

Ken Alex, a University of California-Berkeley climate expert and former senior policy advisor to former California Gov. Jerry Brown (D), says it is critical that any agreements between countries at the COP26 climate change conference include robust new requirements for accurate and transparent greenhouse gas emissions reporting. “The Nationally Determined Contributions [NDCs] are all voluntarily entered into by countries. And the only way to turn those into an enforcement mechanism is through peer pressure and through transparency. So that’s in...