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Group which monitors greenhouse gas emissions
Climate TRACE (Tracking Real-Time Atmospheric Carbon Emissions)
[1] is an independent group which monitors and publishes
greenhouse gas emissions .
[2] It launched in 2021 before
COP26 ,
[3] and improves
monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of both
carbon dioxide and
methane .
[4]
[5] The group monitors sources such as
coal mines and
power station smokestacks worldwide,
[6]
with satellite data (but not their own satellites) and
artificial intelligence .
[7]
[8]
Time magazine named it as one of the hundred best inventions of 2020.
[9] Their emissions map is the largest global inventory and interactive map of
greenhouse gas emission sources .
[10]
[11]
[12] According to Kelly Sims Gallagher it could influence the
politics of climate change by reducing MRV disputes, and lead to more ambitious
climate pledges .
[4]
Developed countries ' annual reports to the
UNFCCC are submitted over a year after the end of the monitored year.
[13]
Developing countries in the
Paris Agreement will submit every two years.
[14]
[15] Some large emitters, such as
Iran which has not ratified the agreement, have not submitted a
greenhouse gas inventory in the 2020s.
[16]
New data was released around the time of the
2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference .
[17]
Methods
Power plant emissions are tracked by training software with
supervised learning to combine
satellite imagery with other
open data , such as
government datasets ,
OpenStreetMap ,
[18] and
company reports .
[19] Similarly large ships will be tracked to better understand
emissions from international shipping .
[20]
Members
As of 2023
[update] , the coalition consists of:
[21]
See also
References
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^
"Climate TRACE to track real-time global carbon emissions" .
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^ Freedman, Andrew.
"Al Gore's Climate TRACE tracking group finds vast undercounts of emissions" . Axios .
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^
a
b Roberts, David (16 July 2020).
"The entire world's carbon emissions will finally be trackable in real time" .
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^
"Methane: A Threat to People and Planet" .
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^
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^ Puko, Timothy (13 April 2021).
"John Kerry Says U.S. Will Hold China to Account on Climate Pledges" .
The Wall Street Journal .
ISSN
0099-9660 .
Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021 .
^ Peters, Adele (15 July 2020).
"This Al Gore-supported project uses AI to track the world's emissions in near real time" .
Fast Company .
Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021 .
^
"The 100 Best Inventions of 2020" .
Time .
Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021 .
^ Cockburn, Harry (9 November 2022).
"Global oil and gas emissions 'up to three times higher than companies claim' " . The Independent . Retrieved 18 December 2022 .
^
"Emissions Map - Climate TRACE" . climatetrace.org . Retrieved 18 December 2022 .
^
"News - Climate TRACE" . climatetrace.org . Retrieved 21 June 2023 .
^
"4. Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Inventories in the Enhanced Transparency Framework" .
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change .
Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2021 .
^
"Reporting and Review under the Paris Agreement" . United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020 . Parties under the Paris Agreement are required to submit their first biennial transparency report (BTR1) and national inventory report, if submitted as a stand-alone report, in accordance with the MPGs, at the latest by 31 December 2024
^ Anna Schulz, Fernanda Alcobé.
"Implementing the Paris Agreement: LDC gaps and needs in greenhouse gas inventory reporting" . Publications Library.
Archived from the original on 28 May 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021 . Developing countries update their GHG inventories, mitigation actions, needs and support received within their BUR
^
"Documents and decisions: Iran" . United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. p. 2.
Archived from the original on 14 November 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2021 .
^ Ma, Michelle (22 July 2022).
"This Al Gore-backed coalition is trying to hold climate polluters accountable" . Protocol . Retrieved 9 September 2022 .
^
"Organised Editing/Activities/Climate TRACE – OpenStreetMap Wiki" .
OpenStreetMap .
Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021 .
^
"Satellites – Watttime" .
Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021 .
^
"Al Gore spearheads new initiative to track and publish every ship's carbon footprint" . Splash247. 17 July 2020.
Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021 .
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"Home" . Climate Trace.
Archived from the original on 8 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021 .
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