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SUMMARY:Dr Renée Kidson on Accounting for Carbon – National Greenhouse Gas Inventories & International Reporting
DESCRIPTION:The United NationsFramework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the leading international\ntreaty for action on climate change. Parties to the Convention\, including the\nUS & Australia\, must submit annually a national greenhouse gas inventory\,\nwhich tracks emissions and their various sources over time. The Kyoto Protocol\nto the Convention also requires parties to commit to binding emission reduction\ntargets: the inventories are central to tracking progress towards these\ntargets. This seminar explains the UN carbon accounting principles and how\nnational greenhouse gas inventories are constructed for reporting under these\ninternational instruments.  The Australian Inventory is presented as a\nfocal case study: the data sources and estimation methods are detailed\, and\ntrends are discussed across the Energy\, Industrial Processes\, Agriculture\,\nWaste and Land Sectors. The many parallels with the US Inventory experience are\nexplored\, and the UN’s expert peer review process\, a critical Quality Assurance\nmeasure\, is described. \nAustralia has over\n20 years’ experience in publishing national greenhouse gas inventories\, and one\nof the biggest challenges\, shared by the US\, is the estimation of carbon in the\nlandscape at continental scale. In response to this challenge\, Australia has\ndeveloped sophisticated methods and models using remote sensing and spatial\nanalysis. A key future challenge for international carbon accounting –\nestimating uncertainties in land use change and forestation – is discussed.\nFinally\, institutional and regulatory policies supporting national inventory\ndata collection are presented\, along with Monitoring\, Reporting and\nVerification activities.  \nThe Presenter: \nDr Renée Kidson is\nDirector of the Australian National Inventory\, and is an Energy Specialist on\nthe UN Roster of Experts. She is also a Fellow at the UCSC Center for\nIntegrated Water Research\, where she conducts research as a future water supply\nstrategist. Renée works with major cities that have reached the limit of their\nnatural local water supplies (from rivers and reservoirs) and are exploring\nalternative sources (such as desalination) to support their city’s future\ngrowth given climate change. Dr Kidson performs scenario modelling under\ndifferent climate change futures\, allowing cities to evaluate their options and\nmake sound investment decisions to secure their future water reliability. 
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/dr-renee-kidson-on-accounting-for-carbon-national-greenhouse-gas-inventories-international-reporting/
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