Understanding what a greenhouse gas inventory is, why inventories are produced and how they are created is a key first step in improving state's land-based GHG inventories.
100th State joins air pollution treaty
Argentina has become the 100th Contracting State to the mandatory International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations on cutting air pollution from shipping.
The regulations in Annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) address air pollution from ships and include energy efficiency and fuel quality requirements designed to reduce harmful emissions from shipping.
With Argentina s ratification, the regulations now apply to 96.65% of world merchant shipping by tonnage.
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim welcomed the latest ratification. The Annex VI regulations limit air pollutants from shipping and improve energy efficiency, helping to combat climate change by reducing CO2 emissions from shipping. I am pleased that we now have 100 Contracting States and encourage others who have not yet done so, to become a party to this important treaty, Mr Lim said.
Greenhouse Gases from Food Production are Systematically Underestimated
Written by AZoCleantechJun 9 2021
According to a new global study, greenhouse-gas emissions from food systems have been systematically underestimated for a long time but there are significant opportunities to reduce them.
Greenhouse-gas contributions from various parts of the global food system. Image Credit: Tubiello et al., Environmental Research Letters 2021.
The researchers estimate that activities associated with the production and consumption of food created the equivalent of 16 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2018 that is one-third of the human-produced total and an increase of 8% since 1990.
A companion policy paper has also emphasized the need to combine research with measures to cut down emissions. The articles, co-developed by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, NASA, New York University, and experts from Columbia University, are part of a special issue of the journal
The Government on Wednesday approved the "Peru's National Adaptation Plan on Climate Change: an input for the update of the National Strategy on Climate Change."