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IBM Launches Solution to Embed GHG Emissions Calculations into Existing Systems

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Nature & Climate Perspective

**IBM's Envizi Emissions API facilitates more accurate mapping of nature-based assets by digitizing the environmental impact of supply chains and direct land use. **

  • Enables real-time data ingestion for LULUCF (Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry) activities, improving the granularity of carbon sequestration monitoring.
  • Supports biodiversity protection initiatives by allowing enterprises to isolate and analyze high-emission hotspots within sensitive ecological biomes through automated spatial mapping.
  • Strengthens the environmental integrity of nature-based solutions (NbS) by providing a standardized calculation framework that reduces the risk of 'leakage' and overestimation of carbon removal.

Market & Policy Outlook

**The API's release standardizes Scope 3 disclosure mechanisms, directly supporting the ICVCM Core Carbon Principle (CCP) on 'Robust Quantification' and 'Transparency' across global markets. **

  • Automates compliance with evolving regulatory shifts like the EU’s CSRD and SEC mandates, streamlining the audit trail for corporate climate claims through API-driven data integrity.
  • Enhances market pricing and financial liquidity by providing the granular emission data required to justify Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) alignment and internal carbon pricing models.
  • Reduces structural friction in the carbon credit market by ensuring that corporate offset procurement is backed by high-fidelity, automated greenhouse gas inventory calculations.
IBM announced the general availability of the IBM Envizi Emissions API, its new tool aimed […]

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