Climate TRACE
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Climate TRACE (Tracking Real-Time Atmospheric Carbon Emissions)[1] is an independent group which aims to monitor and publish greenhouse gas emissions as they happen.[2] It is planned to launch mid-September 2021 before COP26,[3] and aims to improve monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of both carbon dioxide and methane.[4]
The group say they can monitor sources such as coal mines and power station smokestacks worldwide,[5] with satellite data (but not their own satellites) and artificial intelligence.[6] [7] Time Magazine said it was one of the hundred best inventions of 2020.[8]
According to Professor 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.[9] Developing countries in the Paris Agreement will submit every two years.[10][11] But some large emitters, such as Iran which has not ratified the agreement, have not submitted a greenhouse gas inventory in the 2020s.[12]
Methods
Power plant emissions will be tracked by training software with supervised learning to combine satellite imagery with other open data, such as government datasets, OpenStreetMap,[13] and company reports.[14] Similarly large ships will be tracked to better understand emissions from international shipping.[15]
Members
As of 2021[update] the coalition consists of[16]
Nonprofits: CarbonPlan, Earthrise Alliance, Hudson Carbon, OceanMind, Rocky Mountain Institute, TransitionZero, and WattTime
Companies Blue Sky Analytics and Hypervine
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore
See also
References
- ^ Gore, Al (2020-12-12). "Opinion | Al Gore: Where I Find Hope". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ "Climate TRACE to track real-time global carbon emissions » Yale Climate Connections". Yale Climate Connections. 2020-08-17. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ "Methane: A Threat to People and Planet". RMI. 2021-07-07. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2020-07-16). "The entire world's carbon emissions will finally be trackable in real time". Vox. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ "Transcript: The Path Forward: Al Gore on Climate and the Economy". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ Puko, Timothy (2021-04-13). "John Kerry Says U.S. Will Hold China to Account on Climate Pledges". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ Peters, Adele (2020-07-15). "This Al Gore-supported project uses AI to track the world's emissions in near real time". Fast Company. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "The 100 Best Inventions of 2020". Time. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ "4. Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Inventories in the Enhanced Transparency Framework". unfccc.int. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Reporting and Review under the Paris Agreement". unfccc.int. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
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
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Anna Schulz, Fernanda Alcobé. "Implementing the Paris Agreement: LDC gaps and needs in greenhouse gas inventory reporting". Publications Library. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
Developing countries update their GHG inventories, mitigation actions, needs and support received within their BUR
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Documents and decisions: Iran". unfccc.int. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Organised Editing/Activities/Climate TRACE - OpenStreetMap Wiki". wiki.openstreetmap.org. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "Satellites – Watttime". Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "Al Gore spearheads new initiative to track and publish every ship's carbon footprint". Splash247. 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "Home". Climate Trace. Retrieved 2021-07-10.