COP26, headlines around the world. In recent years, there has been increasing concern about climate change and its potential effect on humans. Scarcity of basic resources, such as water, and an increase in phenomena such as droughts, fires and extreme snowfalls is now a likelihood.
Over the next few days, some of the world's most powerful people will be tackling these issues in Glasgow. At UNE, we want to highlight the importance of standardisation as part of the global effort to reduce climate change.
Approximately twenty specific UNE standards focus on this topic, with the aim of reducing our ecological footprint. The Technical Standardisation Committee, dedicated to combating climate change, is in charge of developing these standards. This is a forum in which experts from various fields share their knowledge to generate standards that help companies take the most appropriate measures.
A good example of such standards is UNE-EN ISO 14064-1, which indicates how to quantify greenhouse gases emissions caused by an organisation's activity. Meanwhile, UNE-EN ISO 14064-2 focuses on verifying the management of projects designed to reduce these emissions and on verifying this reduction; and UNE-EN ISO 14067 makes it possible to determine the specific emissions associated with a product or service, determining the carbon footprint in its life cycle.
These are just some examples of standards developed by standards organisations in this endeavour. We are fortunate to receive collaboration from the international organisations ISO, CEN and Cenelec, which, as powerhouses of knowledge, coordinate standardisation activity around the world. Together, we create and collect best practices in order to ensure that companies, organisations and governments have the tools to move forward in the fight against this and other similar challenges.
