Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Under-reporting of greenhouse gas emissions in U.S. cities

  • Kevin Robert Gurney,
  • Jianming Liang,
  • Geoffrey Roest,
  • Yang Song,
  • Kimberly Mueller,
  • Thomas Lauvaux

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20871-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Many cities in the US self-report greenhouse gas emissions. Here, the authors find that US cities under-report their own greenhouse gas emissions, on average, by 18.3% because city inventories omit some fuels and source types and estimate transportation emissions differently.