Comparing a global high-resolution downscaled fossil fuel CO₂ emission dataset to local inventory-based estimates over 14 global cities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Compilation of emission inventories (EIs) for cities is a whole new challenge to assess the subnational climate mitigation effort under the Paris Climate Agreement. Some cities have started compiling EIs, often following a global community protocol. However, EIs are often difficult to systematically examine because of the ways they were compiled (data collection and emission calculation) and reported (sector definition and direct vs consumption). In addition, such EI estimates are not readily applicable to objective evaluation using modeling and observations due to the lack of spatial emission extents. City emission estimates used in the science community are often based on downscaled gridded EIs, while the accuracy of the downscaled emissions at city level is not fully

SUBMITTER: Chen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7238606 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature