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African Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories and Mitigation Options: Forestry, Land-Use Change, and Agriculture - Johannesburg, South Africa 29 May - June 1995 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995)
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African Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories and Mitigation Options: Forestry, Land-Use Change, and Agriculture - Johannesburg, South Africa 29 May - June 1995 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995)
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As atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases continue to
increase, so does the potential for atmospheric warming and
associated climate change. In an effort to address the threat of
global climate change, 155 countries signed the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro
in June 1992. As of the first session of the Conference of the
Parties, 128 nations had ratified the Convention. Among their other
commitments, Parties to the Convention must develop and
periodically update national inventories of net anthropogenic
greenhouse gas emissions using comparable methodologies, and must
develop and implement national programs to mitigate greenhouse gas
emissions. To further the development of emission inventories and
mitigation options within the African context, 64 governmental and
non-governmental scientists and policy analysts from 23 nations
gathered at a workshop near Johannesburg, South Africa from 29 May
to 2 June 1995. The workshop focused on forestry, land-use change,
and agriculture, because these sectors not only are responsible for
the majority of emissions from the continent and provide promising
opportunities for emissions mitigation, but also are a vital
component of African economic growth and development. This book
presents the workshop's major conclusions and findings, as well as
individual papers that were prepared for the workshop, each of
which was peer-reviewed and accepted for publication as part of the
workshop process. The papers cover four areas: (1) issues are
associated with data collection and emission factor determination;
(2) problems associated with applying the IPCC inventory
methodologies in Africa; (3) results of national inventory
assessments in Africa; and (4) possible emissions mitigation
options and methods for evaluating their potential viability. As
the first book dedicated solely to greenhouse gas emissions and
mitigation options in Africa, this will be an invaluable resource
to scientists, policymakers, and development specialists interested
in global climate change and Africa.
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