Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cities : Comparison of International Inventory Frameworks

Credibly and consistently reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from cities and urban areas enables policy-makers and practitioners to contribute to addressing the challenge of climate change by meeting mitigation targets, and is critical to overall good municipal management. Good reporting allow...

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Main Authors:	Ibrahim, Nadine, Sugar, Lorraine, Hoornweg, Dan, Kennedy, Christopher
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2013
Subjects:	community emissions corporate emissions life-cycle emissions
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13343

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spelling	okr-10986-133432021-04-23T14:03:07Z Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cities : Comparison of International Inventory Frameworks Ibrahim, Nadine Sugar, Lorraine Hoornweg, Dan Kennedy, Christopher community emissions corporate emissions life-cycle emissions Credibly and consistently reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from cities and urban areas enables policy-makers and practitioners to contribute to addressing the challenge of climate change by meeting mitigation targets, and is critical to overall good municipal management. Good reporting allows for transparency, verification, and replication over time. This study provides an understanding of the GHG emissions inventory protocols and methodologies as they apply to cities. Though the inventories generally use common terminology, the differences in inventorying approaches are many, and the implications of the inventorying results at the city level are important to climate change policy and decision-makers. A compilation of GHG emissions inventory protocols is developed along with an analysis of their characteristics and inherent differences. Seven protocols are investigated: four are applied to Shanghai's community emissions; four to New York City's corporate emissions (i.e. those from municipal activities); and two to the reporting of Paris' emissions, including upstream components. The results show a significant degree of variability among the protocols. 2013-05-09T15:47:59Z 2013-05-09T15:47:59Z 2012-02-15 Journal Article Local Environment 1354-9839 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13343 en_US Local Environment;17(2) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Taylor and Francis Journal Article China France UNITED STATES
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description	Credibly and consistently reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from cities and urban areas enables policy-makers and practitioners to contribute to addressing the challenge of climate change by meeting mitigation targets, and is critical to overall good municipal management. Good reporting allows for transparency, verification, and replication over time. This study provides an understanding of the GHG emissions inventory protocols and methodologies as they apply to cities. Though the inventories generally use common terminology, the differences in inventorying approaches are many, and the implications of the inventorying results at the city level are important to climate change policy and decision-makers. A compilation of GHG emissions inventory protocols is developed along with an analysis of their characteristics and inherent differences. Seven protocols are investigated: four are applied to Shanghai's community emissions; four to New York City's corporate emissions (i.e. those from municipal activities); and two to the reporting of Paris' emissions, including upstream components. The results show a significant degree of variability among the protocols.
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author	Ibrahim, Nadine Sugar, Lorraine Hoornweg, Dan Kennedy, Christopher
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title	Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cities : Comparison of International Inventory Frameworks
title_short	Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cities : Comparison of International Inventory Frameworks
title_full	Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cities : Comparison of International Inventory Frameworks
title_fullStr	Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cities : Comparison of International Inventory Frameworks
title_full_unstemmed	Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cities : Comparison of International Inventory Frameworks
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cities : Comparison of International Inventory Frameworks

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