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Refining national greenhouse gas inventories.
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AMBIO - A Journal of the Human Environment . Oct2020, Vol. 49 Issue 10, p1581-1586. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The importance of greenhouse gas inventories cannot be overstated: the process of producing inventories informs strategies that governments will use to meet emissions reduction targets. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) leads an effort to develop and refine internationally agreed upon methodologies for calculating and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and removals. We argue that these guidelines are not equipped to handle the task of developing national greenhouse gas inventories for most countries. Inventory guidelines are vital to implementing climate action, and we highlight opportunities to improve their timeliness and accuracy. Such reforms should provide the means to better understand and advance the progress countries are making toward their Paris commitments. Now is the time to consider challenges posed by the current process to develop the guidelines, and to avail the policy community of recent major advances in quantitative and expert synthesis to overhaul the process and thereby better equip multi-national efforts to limit climate change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *GREENHOUSE gases
*INVENTORIES
*CLIMATE change
*CARBON cycle
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00447447
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- AMBIO - A Journal of the Human Environment
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 145078811
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01312-9