Lessons to be learned from uncertainty treatment: Conclusions regarding greenhouse gas inventories

When assembling the 17 papers for this volume, the editors decided to put together general concluding thoughts on dealing with uncertainty in emission inventories. There is a wealth of research in this volume, and this has encouraged us to present both the systematic classification of contributions that is included in our introductory paper and also - here - a comprehensive overview of uncertainty treatment that contains broad take-home messages. It is hoped that this concluding perspective will help readers focus on the benefits, for science and for policy, of properly covering uncertainty.