Carbon Accounting is a vital tool in enabling organizations to measure and report on their greenhouse gas emissions. Emissions calculations and inventories are a vital first step towards mastering climatic risk. The Handbook of Carbon Accounting offers an accessible and comprehensive presentation of the discipline as it examines the different methods or instruments implemented by countries and companies. It also explores the historical context of the emergence of carbon accounting and concludes with a very practical guide to calculate, reduce, offset and disclose your carbon footprint. The Handbook of Carbon Accounting is a vital educational resource that will help readers – including those with no prior knowledge of the field – to understand carbon flows and stocks and to take action. It forms part of a movement that heralds the start of a new economic era in which the search for prosperity can live in harmony with the environment.