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|a Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2009 |h [electronic resource]. |
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|a 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20460 U.S.A. : |b U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, |c 2011-04-15. |
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|a An emissions inventory that identifies and quantifies a country's primary anthropogenic1 sources and sinks of
greenhouse gases is essential for addressing climate change. This inventory adheres to both (1) a comprehensive
and detailed set of methodologies for estimating sources and sinks of anthropogenic greenhouse gases, and (2) a
common and consistent mechanism that enables Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC) to compare the relative contribution of different emission sources and greenhouse gases to
climate change.
In 1992, the United States signed and ratified the UNFCCC. As stated in Article 2 of the UNFCCC, “The ultimate
objective of this Convention and any related legal instruments that the Conference of the Parties may adopt is to
achieve, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas
concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the
climate system. Such a level should be achieved within a time-frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt
naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable economic development to
proceed in a sustainable manner.”2
Parties to the Convention, by ratifying, “shall develop, periodically update, publish and make available…national
inventories of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases not controlled by
the Montreal Protocol, using comparable methodologies…”3 The United States views this report as an opportunity
to fulfill these commitments.
This chapter summarizes the latest information on U.S. anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission trends from 1990
through 2009. To ensure that the U.S. emissions inventory is comparable to those of other UNFCCC Parties, the
estimates presented here were calculated using methodologies consistent with those recommended in the Revised
1996 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
(IPCC/UNEP/OECD/IEA 1997), the IPCC Good Practice Guidance and Uncertainty Management in National
Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC 2000), and the IPCC Good Practice Guidance for Land Use, Land-Use Change,
and Forestry (IPCC 2003). Additionally, the U.S. emission inventory has continued to incorporate new
methodologies and data from the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC 2006).
The structure of this report is consistent with the UNFCCC guidelines for inventory reporting.4 For most source
categories, the IPCC methodologies were expanded, resulting in a more comprehensive and detailed estimate of
emissions. |
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|a emission reduction, greenhouse gas. |
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