What is it about?
Cities are large contributors to GHG emissions and climate change. However there is a shortfall in the methodology and process of tracking various emitters of GHGs in cities This is primarily due to a lack of understanding of emitters themselves. This paper builds a case for GHG inventories to enable cities to drive green investments, leverage and access climate financing (including from an evolving global carbon market), and raise public awareness.
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Why is it important?
Based on a clear understanding of emitters and emissions, GHG inventories can serve as platforms for planning across sectors. Decision makers in cities can explore result-specific solutions with respect to environmental sustainability and climate change.
Perspectives
Source apportionment is a key challenge in addressing environment crisis. This paper helped to breakdown the complex environment of a city with its cross cutting issues ranging from the management of transport, waste, water, agriculture, energy etc., the time and costs involved, and the expectation or perception that emission volumes from individual emitters may be insignificant. Thereafter a basis for informed decision making and prioritization of investments can be done
Sonia Chand Sandhu
Asian Development Bank
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This page is a summary of: Greenhouse Gas Inventories for Urban Operations in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities, June 2015, Asian Development Bank,
DOI: 10.22617/wps157443-2.
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