Improving Quantification of Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (in Developing Countries)
Purpose
To improve our ability to quantify changes in agricultural GHG at national and project scales to track performance for national planning, international financing, voluntary markets, regulatory markets, and supply chain initiatives. The workshop and special issue would discuss what a sufficient level of certainty is for different purposes and scales; what are critical knowledge, data and analytical capacity gaps; what are our options for gathering necessary data and addressing analytical gaps; and develop a roadmap for where we can and should be by 2020.
Objectives
(1) Progress toward an agreement on what is a sufficient level of certainty for quantifying agricultural GHGs at national and project levels given different purposes.
(2) Understanding critical knowledge gaps and data needs to improve the use of and go beyond Tier 1 approaches in developing countries
(3) Developing approaches to fill data needs for better quantification (remote sensing, project level data gathering, etc...).
(4) Assess other knowledge and analytical needs
(5) Develop a summary of expert opinion on progress possible in next decade that highlights priorities for funding – research, data, and capacity.
(6) A synthesis of where we are now and our roadmap for progress for policy audiences and high profile journal -Science or Nature policy forum piece
Location
Partners
The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University (T-AGG) with support from The Packard Foundation, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
Timeframe
2011-
Project website
http://nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/ecosystem/t-agg/international-project