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2 interaction with Mr. Heede. Greenpeace International also commissioned a peerreview of the Methods & Results Report by Ecofys, a leading consultancy on energy and climate matters, to ensure verification of the methodology and results by an independent third body. The methodology and results of the work were independently developed by Mr. Heede and subject to peer-review by Ecofys. Mr. Heede was treated as an independent expert throughout the work. At Greenpeace International, we recognized that Mr. Heede’s research could be of value to many stakeholders and sought to ensure it would be able to withstand the strictest scrutiny, hence our support for commissioning the Methods & Results Report and funding the peer-review by Ecofys. Greenpeace International and the regional and national Greenpeace offices adhere to very strict quality standards for any research they commission and publish, and the organization’s efforts rely on independent and robust research. Mr. Heede, in a new role as co-founder and director of the Climate Accountability Institute, submitted an article on the Carbon Majors research to the peer-reviewed journal Climatic Change on 05 March 2013. The article was accepted by Climatic Change on 14 October 2013. The Guardian published the first news article on the Carbon Majors research on 20 November 2013.4 On 22 November 2013, Mr. Heede’s article on the Carbon Majors was published in the online version of Climatic Change, and published in print in January 2014. The title of this paper is Tracing Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide and Methane Emissions to fossil fuel and cement producers, 1854-2010 (marked VVVV to VVVV-14).5 CJP and Greenpeace International were not involved in the drafting and peer-review of this article. However, Mr. Heede acknowledged, as is customary in scientific journals, the supporting funding from CJP and Greenpeace International for his Carbon Major research. Directly following the publication of the Guardian article, Greenpeace International published a briefing on the Carbon Majors research6 and the first version of the Methods & Results Report. An updated version of the Methods & International, http://www.greenpeace.org/archiveinternational/Global/international/briefings/climate/2013/MRR-8.3-7Nov13.pdf. 4 Suzanne Goldenberg, Just 90 companies caused two-thirds of man-made global warming emissions, The Guardian, 20 November 2013, available at: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/20/90-companies-man-madeglobal-warming-emissions-climate-change. 5 Richard Heede, Tracing Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide and Methane Emissions to fossil fuel and cement producers, 1854-2010, Climatic Change (2014) 122:229– 241, available at: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs10584-0130986-y.pdf. 6 Greenpeace International, Who is Responsible for Climate Change?, 20 November 2013, available at: https://www.greenpeace.org/archiveinternational/Global/international/briefings/climate/2013/Carbon-Majorfactsheet.pdf.