1. The Initiative for Carbon Accounting
www.icarb.org
5th International Conference
on Carbon Accounting
Towards Rules and Tools for Carbon
Accounting in Scotland

2. Our Steering Group
- Prof Sue Roaf and Sam Chapman,
Heriot-Watt University
- Dr Keith Baker, Glasgow Caledonian
University
- Dr Rachel Dunk, Crichton Carbon Centre
- Ric Lander, ICARB Web Officer
Contact us: enquiries@icarb.org

3. Our Aims
To provide an independent and authoritative organisation to advance the field
of carbon accounting to facilitate the reductions in carbon emissions
necessary for a sustainable society.
To provide a robust and transparent process that will develop, verify, validate,
assist and promote recognised carbon accounting ‘rules’ and guidance across
sectors.
To provide services that facilitate consensus building and knowledge exchange
between academics, policy and decision makers, professionals and community
groups.
To disseminate and promote guidance on best practice and provide a direct
route to advice and support for policy and decision makers in Scotland and
around the world.

4. Our Services
Independent advice and guidance for policy
makers and practitioners
Free workshops aligned to sectors and key
issues
An international conference
A gateway to expert knowledge
An online library of presentations and other
resources
News alerts via the website, Twitter and
LinkedIn

5. Our Audience
- Policy makers
- Practitioners
- Academics
- Environmental managers
- Environmental consultants
- Community groups

6. Progress to date
-19 workshops (as ICARB)
- 5 conferences
- Website averages over 300 unique hits per
month, with peaks of over 1000
- Publications and reports
- International profile
- Over 7 years of commitment and capacity

7. 2013 and beyond
- New website (launched March 2013)
- Expanded Steering Group
- New workshops (to be announced)
- New partnerships (to be announced)
- Online Directory of Sectoral Tools
- Online Expert Directory (tbc – depends on
demand)
- Guest edition of the Journal of Greenhouse Gas
Measurement and Management (Dec 2013)

8. Books by the ICARB team
Carbon Management
in the Built
Environment
Rohinton Emmanuel &
Keith Baker
Routledge
The Ecohouse 4
Sue Roaf, Manuel
Fuentes, &
Stephanie
Thomas-Rees
Routledge

9. Special thanks to
Sarah Boyack MSP
Garvin Heath, NREL
Angela Druckman, Surrey University
Daniel Hinze & Rebekah Widdowfield,
Scottish Government
Stuart MacPherson, CIBSE
Ric Lander, ICARB
And all our speakers, volunteers and supporters
who have helped make our conference possible