From political pledges to quantitative mapping of climate mitigation plans: Comparison of two European cities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Urban agglomerates play a crucial role in reaching global climate objectives. Many cities have committed to reducing their greenhouse gas emissions, but current emission trends remain unverifiable. Atmospheric monitoring of greenhouse gases offers an independent and transparent strategy to measure urban emissions. However, careful design of the monitoring network is crucial to be able to monitor the most important sectors as well as adjust to rapidly changing urban landscapes.

Results

Our study of Paris and Munich demonstrates how climate action plans, carbon emission inventories, and urban development plans can help design optimal atmospheric monitoring networks. We show that these two European cities display widely different trajectories in space and time, refle

SUBMITTER: Albarus I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10481584 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature