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 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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| Format: | Journal Article biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media
2023-04-19
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| Subjects: | greenhouse gas emissions, unfccc, emission reduction, climate change, climate change mitigation, agriculture, greenhouse gases, |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130656 https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1156822 |
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