1. Revisiting Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
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Erickson, Peter and Lazarus, Michael
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GREENHOUSE gases , *EMISSIONS (Air pollution) , *GOVERNMENT policy , *CLIMATE change mitigation , *CLIMATOLOGY , *MATERIALS & the environment , *EXPORT & import trade of commercial products , *GREENHOUSE gas mitigation , *GOVERNMENT policy on climate change , *PROFESSIONAL associations ,ENERGY consumption & climate - Abstract
The article offers the author's insights on the role of assessing the contribution of a community to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in climate change mitigation. The authors say that international organizations have developed protocol for measuring community-scale emissions. They state that communities consume and import materials and goods that are made elsewhere. They cite the significance of measuring emissions for the relevance and usability of GHG inventory. They add that local governments have focused on emissions that are related to in-boundary energy use.
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- 2012
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