Since its inception, COG’s Climate, Energy and Environment Policy Committee (CEEPC) has made it a priority to track progress toward local and regional greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction goals. The ability to develop relevant, robust sets of inventories supports decision-making around policies and programs that reduce emissions.
COG’s local and regional greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory work provides for completeness, consistency, accuracy, replicability, transparency, and quality control. COG’s Community-Wide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Summaries show GHG emissions decreased by 24 percent in the region between 2005 and 2020, surpassing the region's goal to reduce emissions 20 percent below 2005 levels by 2020.
COG's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories Methodology Guide provides an overview of procedures used to develop the local and regional community-scale inventories.
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November 29, 2024
The TPB met on September 18, October 16, and November 20, 2024. Key agenda items included briefs on EV infrastructure implementation, the Regional Air Passenger...
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December 21, 2022
In COG’s annual video, local leaders share the ways they are working together at COG to advance equity, transit, housing, and climate goals in the Region United...
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October 12, 2022
At its October meeting, area leaders on the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) Board of Directors were presented today with preliminary...