Climate TRACE: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Group which monitors greenhouse gas emissions}}

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'''Climate TRACE''' (Tracking Real-Time Atmospheric Carbon Emissions)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gore|first=Al|date=12 December 2020|title=Opinion {{!}} Al Gore: Where I Find Hope|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/12/opinion/sunday/biden-climate-change-al-gore.html|access-date=10 July 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=18 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818162825/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/12/opinion/sunday/biden-climate-change-al-gore.html|url-status=live}}</ref> is an independent group saywhich theymonitors canand publishes [[greenhouse gas emissions]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 August 2020 |title=Climate TRACE to track real-time global carbon emissions |url=http://yaleclimateconnections.org/2020/08/climate-trace-to-track-real-time-global-carbon-emissions/ |access-date=10 July 2021 |publisher=[[Yale Climate Connections]] |archive-date=12 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712052433/https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2020/08/climate-trace-to-track-real-time-global-carbon-emissions/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It launched in 2021 before [[COP26]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Freedman|first=Andrew|title=Al Gore's Climate TRACE tracking group finds vast undercounts of emissions|url=https://www.axios.com/global-carbon-emissions-inventory-surprises-cb7f220a-6dfd-4f88-9349-5c9ffa0817e9.html|access-date=27 September 2021|website=Axios|language=en|archive-date=27 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927135601/https://www.axios.com/global-carbon-emissions-inventory-surprises-cb7f220a-6dfd-4f88-9349-5c9ffa0817e9.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and improves [[Monitoring, reporting and verification|monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV)]] of both [[carbon dioxide]] and [[methane]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Roberts|first=David|date=16 July 2020|title=The entire world's carbon emissions will finally be trackable in real time|url=https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2020/7/16/21324662/climate-change-air-pollution-tracking-greenhouse-gas-emissions-trace-coalition|access-date=10 July 2021|website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|archive-date=10 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710132950/https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2020/7/16/21324662/climate-change-air-pollution-tracking-greenhouse-gas-emissions-trace-coalition|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=7 July 2021|title=Methane: A Threat to People and Planet|url=https://rmi.org/methane-a-threat-to-people-and-planet/|access-date=10 July 2021|publisher=[[Rocky Mountain Institute]]|archive-date=10 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710130155/https://rmi.org/methane-a-threat-to-people-and-planet/|url-status=live}}</ref> The group monitormonitors sources such as [[coal mines]] and [[Flue-gas stack|power station smokestacks]] worldwide,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Transcript: The Path Forward: Al Gore on Climate and the Economy|language=en-US|work=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2021/04/22/transcript-path-forward-al-gore-climate-economy/|access-date=2021-07-10 July 2021|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=25 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425235950/https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2021/04/22/transcript-path-forward-al-gore-climate-economy/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Earth observation satellite|with satellite data]] (but not their own satellites) and [[artificial intelligence]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Puko|first=Timothy|date=13 April 2021-04-13|title=John Kerry Says U.S. Will Hold China to Account on Climate Pledges|language=en-US|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/kerry-says-u-s-will-hold-beijing-to-account-on-climate-pledges-11618338675|access-date=2021-07-10 July 2021|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=10 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710131308/https://www.wsj.com/articles/kerry-says-u-s-will-hold-beijing-to-account-on-climate-pledges-11618338675|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Peters|first=Adele|date=2020-07-15 July 2020|title=This Al Gore-supported project uses AI to track the world’sworld's emissions in near real time|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90527328/this-al-gore-supported-project-uses-ai-to-track-the-worlds-emissions-in-near-real-time|access-date=15 July 2021-07-15|website=[[Fast Company|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' Magazine]] said it was one of the hundred best inventions of 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|titlearchive-date=The12 100May Best Inventions of 20202021|archive-url=https://timeweb.archive.org/web/20210512185220/https://www.fastcompany.com/collection90527328/bestthis-inventionsal-2020/|accessgore-date=2021supported-07project-10uses-ai-to-track-the-worlds-emissions-in-near-real-time|websiteurl-status=Time|language=enlive}}</ref>

</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=News - Climate TRACE |url=https://climatetrace.org/news/more-than-70000-of-the-highest-emitting-greenhouse-gas |access-date=21 June 2023 |website=climatetrace.org |language=en}}</ref> According to Kelly Sims Gallagher it could influence the [[politics of climate change]] by reducing MRV disputes, and lead to more ambitious [[Climateclimate pledge|climate pledges]]s.<ref name=":0" />

[[Developed country|Developed countries]]' annual reports to the [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change|UNFCCC]] are submitted over a year after the end of the monitored year.<ref>{{Cite web|title=4. Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Inventories in the Enhanced Transparency Framework|url=https://unfccc.int/enhanced-transparency-framework#eq-4|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-17 July 2021 |websitepublisher=[[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112015600/https://unfccc.int/enhanced-transparency-framework |archive-date=12 November 2019 }}</ref> [[Developing country|Developing countries]] in the [[Paris Agreement]] will submit every two years.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date= |title=Reporting and Review under the Paris Agreement|url=https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/transparency-and-reporting/reporting-and-review-under-the-paris-agreement|url-status=live|quote=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|access-date=2020-04-20 April 2020 |websitepublisher=United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517105548/https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/transparency-and-reporting/reporting-and-review-under-the-paris-agreement |archive-date=17 May 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Anna Schulz|first=Fernanda Alcobé|title=Implementing the Paris Agreement: LDC gaps and needs in greenhouse gas inventory reporting|url=https://pubs.iied.org/20086iied|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-17 July 2021 |websitepublisher=Publications Library|language=|quote=Developing countries update their GHG inventories, mitigation actions, needs and support received within their BUR|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528140209/https://pubs.iied.org/20086iied |archive-date=28 May 2021 }}</ref> Some large emitters, such as [[Iran]] which has not ratified the agreement, have not submitted a [[greenhouse gas inventory]] in the 2020s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Documents and decisions: Iran|url=https://unfccc.int/documents?search2=&search3=&f%5B0%5D=country:938|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-17 July 2021 |websitepublisher=United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change|page=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114013528/https://unfccc.int/documents?search2=&search3=&f%5B0%5D=country%3A938 |pagearchive-date=214 November 2019 }}</ref>

== Members Methods==

* [[Glossary of climate change]]

== References ==