A complete rethink is needed on how greenhouse gas emissions are quantified for national reporting

Leip, Adrian; Skiba, Ute ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8659-6092; Vermeulen, Alex; Thompson, Rona L.. 2018 A complete rethink is needed on how greenhouse gas emissions are quantified for national reporting. Atmospheric Environment, 174. 237-240. 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.12.006

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Abstract/Summary

The 2015 Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris has for the first time agreed that both developed and developing countries need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to maintain a global average temperature ‘well below’ 2°C and aim to limit the increase to less than 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures. This requires more ambitious emission reduction targets and an increased level of cooperation and transparency between countries. With the start of the second Kyoto Commitment period in 2013, and the 2015 Paris Agreement, it is, therefore, timely to reconsider how GHG emissions are determined and verified.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.12.006
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Atmospheric Chemistry and Effects (Science Area 2017-)
ISSN:	1352-2310
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.
Additional Keywords:	greenhouse gas inventory, bottom up methods, top down methods,
NORA Subject Terms:	Agriculture and Soil Science Atmospheric Sciences
Date made live:	05 Feb 2018 13:47 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/519127

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