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The Climate Registry is a nonprofit collaboration between North American states, provinces, territories, and Native Sovereign Nations to record and track the greenhouse gas emissions of businesses, municipalities and other organisations. The Climate Registry's Board of Directors is made up of 31 states of the USA, 13 provinces/territories of Canada, six states of Mexico, and three Native Sovereign Nations.〔(), ''The Climate Registry'', accessed 2008-10-03〕 The data is to be independently verified to ensure accuracy, however participation by organizations is voluntary.〔(31 states target global warming ), ''Los Angeles Times'', published 2007-05-09, accessed 2007-05-16〕 Data submitted to the Climate Registry is inputted into the Climate Registry Information System (CRIS), which was developed on EPA's CRAVe-EATS platform. The Registry, launched on May 8, 2007,〔(The Climate Registry – Key Dates ), ''The Climate Registry'', accessed 2007-05-16〕 is modelled on the California Climate Action Registry, which has been in operation since 2001. It is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It will be used to provide data for carbon-reduction initiatives including the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in the Northeastern United States, the Western Regional Climate Action Initiative, and by individual states.〔(31 U.S. states form registry to cut carbon emissions ), ''Reuters'', published 2007-05-08, accessed 2007-05-16〕 ==Participants== At the launch of The Climate Registry, the following were the participants:〔(Press Release ), ''The Climate Registry'', published 2007-05-08, accessed 2007-05-16〕 〔(Press Release ), ''Government of Ontario'', published 2008-01-16, accessed 2008-03-19〕 US States: Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Hawaii Illinois Kansas Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Utah Vermont Washington Wisconsin Wyoming Canadian provinces:〔Source: "(Provinces Joins North American Climate Registry ) (June 3rd 2008:VOCM)〕 British Columbia Manitoba Ontario Newfoundland and Labrador As of September 24, 2009 all Canadian Provinces and Territories are participating in the greenhouse gas registry. 〔(), ''The Climate Registry'', published 2009-09-24〕 Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario Quebec Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island New Brunswick Nova Scotia Native American tribes: *Campo Kumeyaay Nation 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Climate Registry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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