Climate TRACE

Climate TRACE (Tracking Real-Time Atmospheric Carbon Emissions)[1] is an independent group which monitors and publishes greenhouse gas emissions within weeks.[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]

Climate TRACE
Websiteclimatetrace.org

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 2021 the coalition consists of:[21]

See also

References
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  10. Cockburn, Harry (9 November 2022). "Global oil and gas emissions 'up to three times higher than companies claim'". The Independent. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  11. "Emissions Map - Climate TRACE". climatetrace.org. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  12. "News - Climate TRACE". climatetrace.org. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  13. "4. Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Inventories in the Enhanced Transparency Framework". United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Archived from the original on 2019-11-12. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  14. "Reporting and Review under the Paris Agreement". United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Archived from the original on 2020-05-17. Retrieved April 20, 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
  15. Anna Schulz, Fernanda Alcobé. "Implementing the Paris Agreement: LDC gaps and needs in greenhouse gas inventory reporting". Publications Library. Archived from the original on 2021-05-28. Retrieved July 17, 2021. Developing countries update their GHG inventories, mitigation actions, needs and support received within their BUR
  16. "Documents and decisions: Iran". United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2019-11-14. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  17. Ma, Michelle (2022-07-22). "This Al Gore-backed coalition is trying to hold climate polluters accountable". Protocol. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  18. "Organised Editing/Activities/Climate TRACE – OpenStreetMap Wiki". OpenStreetMap. Archived from the original on May 27, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  19. "Satellites – Watttime". Archived from the original on November 4, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  20. "Al Gore spearheads new initiative to track and publish every ship's carbon footprint". Splash247. July 17, 2020. Archived from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  21. "Home". Climate Trace. Archived from the original on July 8, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
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