Climate Change
ERG is at the forefront of public and private efforts to develop, implement, and manage effective strategies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapt for the future. From characterization and assessment to mitigation and adaptation, ERG’s Climate Change Team provides a full suite of services to support both voluntary and regulatory approaches to addressing climate change. We have served as the lead contractor supporting major EPA climate change programs, including the Global Methane Initiative and the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule. Our air quality specialists inventory emissions at facility, sector, national, and global scales to characterize and quantify GHG emissions, while our engineers, economists, and policy analysts assess the cost and performance of mitigation technologies to recommend reduction opportunities across a wide variety of technologies and sectors. On the adaptation side, we conduct vulnerability analyses, planning, and risk management to help clients evaluate potential adaptation responses and build their adaptive capacity. Across all these areas, ERG communication specialists engage stakeholders, develop outreach materials, and design and manage campaigns to increase public understanding of climate change issues and climate science.
Climate Action Plans
- Vulnerability assessments
- Hazard mitigation planning
- Mitigation and adaptation strategies
- Stakeholder engagement and collaboration
- Economic impact assessments
GHG Inventories
- Carbon due diligence
- Emission inventories from project-level to global scale
- Organizational strategies for GHG data management
- Source-specific modeling and measurement
- Emissions data review and verification
Sector-Based Policy and Technology Assessments
- Energy companies and utilities
- Industrial and manufacturing processes
- Waste and wastewater processes
- Service sector and consumer end-users
- Emerging technology applicability
Transportation and Other Mobile Sources
- Emissions modeling
- Alternative fuels modeling
- Dashboard data collection and maintenance systems
- Alternative transportation and commuter choice programs
U.S. GHG Mitigation
- Strategy development
- Feasibility studies
- Projections of mitigation costs and impacts
- Cost-benefit analyses of GHG mitigation strategies
- Offset project calculations and protocol development
- Modeling of GHG emission reductions
- Technology assessments
International GHG Mitigation
- Site-specific data screening, collection, and analysis
- Preliminary feasibility assessments
- Modeling of GHG emission reductions
- Onsite training and technical assessments
- Country-specific technical guidance and tools
Clean Energy
- Assessment of renewable energy policies
- Energy efficiency audits for facilities and processes
Life Cycle Assessment
- Modeling of net GHG emissions over the entire product life cycle
- Cross-media impacts of GHG mitigation strategies
- Multi-gas and pollutant reduction strategies
- Life cycle carbon footprinting
Adaptation
- Vulnerability assessments
- Region-specific adaptation plans and strategies
- Market and nonmarket economic analyses
- Hydrologic modeling
- Stakeholder engagement
- Risk communication
- Outreach
Climate Change Program Support
- Voluntary program development, implementation, and evaluation
- Trading scheme analysis
- Program reporting and tracking
- Regulatory program development and implementation support
- QA/QC of program data
- Technical guidance and tools
- Training and outreach
Outreach and Communications
- Public and stakeholder outreach
- Education and training
- Sustainability reporting
- Capacity building for regulatory scheme implementation
- Website development
- Carbon-neutral meeting and event planning
- Emission calculators and interactive models