How good is the data for tracking countries’ agricultural greenhouse gas emissions? Making use of multiple national greenhouse gas inventories

Tracking agriculture and land-use greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is necessary to inform global climate policy, yet UNFCCC country-reported data and three independent global databases show inconsistent estimates of countries’ emissions. Data for developing countries are particularly inconsistent, yet...

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Autores principales: Dittmer, Kyle Michael, Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Cohen, Milo, Egler, Cecelia
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Frontiers Media 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130656
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author Dittmer, Kyle Michael
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description Tracking agriculture and land-use greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is necessary to inform global climate policy, yet UNFCCC country-reported data and three independent global databases show inconsistent estimates of countries’ emissions. Data for developing countries are particularly inconsistent, yet also collectively the largest source of emissions. Here, we provide transparency about available country-level emissions data for agriculture and related land use and characterize their data quality and consistency to enable better understanding of available data and tracking of climate change mitigation. We call for increased consistency in official national agricultural GHG inventory data and transparency about the differences among scientific data sources to enable decision makers to track progress, set priorities and manage emissions.
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spelling CGSpace1306562025-12-08T10:29:22Z How good is the data for tracking countries’ agricultural greenhouse gas emissions? Making use of multiple national greenhouse gas inventories Dittmer, Kyle Michael Wollenberg, Eva Karoline Cohen, Milo Egler, Cecelia greenhouse gas emissions unfccc emission reduction climate change climate change mitigation agriculture greenhouse gases Tracking agriculture and land-use greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is necessary to inform global climate policy, yet UNFCCC country-reported data and three independent global databases show inconsistent estimates of countries’ emissions. Data for developing countries are particularly inconsistent, yet also collectively the largest source of emissions. Here, we provide transparency about available country-level emissions data for agriculture and related land use and characterize their data quality and consistency to enable better understanding of available data and tracking of climate change mitigation. We call for increased consistency in official national agricultural GHG inventory data and transparency about the differences among scientific data sources to enable decision makers to track progress, set priorities and manage emissions. 2023-04-19 2023-06-06T09:25:59Z 2023-06-06T09:25:59Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130656 en Open Access application/pdf Frontiers Media Dittmer, K.M.; Wollenberg, E.K.; Cohen, M.; Egler, C. (2023) How good is the data for tracking countries’ agricultural greenhouse gas emissions? Making use of multiple national greenhouse gas inventories. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 7: 1156822. ISSN: 2571-581X
spellingShingle greenhouse gas emissions
unfccc
emission reduction
climate change
climate change mitigation
agriculture
greenhouse gases
Dittmer, Kyle Michael
Wollenberg, Eva Karoline
Cohen, Milo
Egler, Cecelia
How good is the data for tracking countries’ agricultural greenhouse gas emissions? Making use of multiple national greenhouse gas inventories
title How good is the data for tracking countries’ agricultural greenhouse gas emissions? Making use of multiple national greenhouse gas inventories
title_full How good is the data for tracking countries’ agricultural greenhouse gas emissions? Making use of multiple national greenhouse gas inventories
title_fullStr How good is the data for tracking countries’ agricultural greenhouse gas emissions? Making use of multiple national greenhouse gas inventories
title_full_unstemmed How good is the data for tracking countries’ agricultural greenhouse gas emissions? Making use of multiple national greenhouse gas inventories
title_short How good is the data for tracking countries’ agricultural greenhouse gas emissions? Making use of multiple national greenhouse gas inventories
title_sort how good is the data for tracking countries agricultural greenhouse gas emissions making use of multiple national greenhouse gas inventories
topic greenhouse gas emissions
unfccc
emission reduction
climate change
climate change mitigation
agriculture
greenhouse gases
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