In this 35 minute recorded lecture Professor Mathew Brander (University of Edinburgh Business School) explains the concept and use of Consequential Accounting.

What is Consequential Accounting: Measuring the total change in emissions (and removals) caused by any decision, action, project or invention.

Aims to answer the question: What is the system-wide emissions or total change in emissions caused by an intervention?

1. What is consequential accounting?
2. Why is it needed?
3. Two broad types of consequential method:
   1. Consequential life cycle assessment
   2. project and policy-level accounting
4. Understanding uncertainty
5. Avoided emissions (NOT ‘scope 4’)

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