BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Brunei will make it mandatory for industrial greenhouse gas emitters to report their carbon footprint from next year, a move towards combating climate change after the country recorded rising temperatures and the highest number of forest fire incidents in 10 years.
Mandatory carbon reporting is one of 10 strategies outlined in the first Brunei Darussalam National Climate Change Policy (BNCCP) document that was unveiled on Saturday.
The government is expected to draft legislation requiring “all facilities and agents that emit and absorb greenhouse gases” to submit their carbon data on a monthly and yearly basis.
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