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Guidelines for European cities: a flexible and efficient approach for creating city emission inventories

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Climate change is a global phenomenon that severely impacts urban life. At the same time, cities are key contributors to climate change, as urban activities are major sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (UN Human Settlements Programme, 2024). City emission inventories provide an overview of how much GHGs (and air pollutants) are emitted during a specific period, from which activities, and at which location. This type of information assists local stakeholders in making informed decisions to support their climate action plans and other sustainability efforts aimed at creating cleaner, healthier, and more resilient places to live. City emission inventories are, therefore, the foundation for smart, data-driven sustainability strategies at the city level. We believe an emission inventory should be easily achievable for all European cities, independent of their resources.

2025
ICOS ERIC - Carbon Portal
Super, I., Denier van der Gon, H., Dröge, R., Schoenmakers, E., Kühbacher, D., Aigner, P., Chen, J., 2025. Guidelines for European cities: a flexible and efficient approach for creating city emission inventories. ICOS ERIC - Carbon Portal. https://doi.org/10.18160/NK88-49TY
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  doi = {10.18160/NK88-49TY},
  url = {https://citymeta.icos-cp.eu/objects/yINd2ZlaHMMGSZn4QTw6x9Hm},
  author = { Super, Ingrid and Denier van der Gon, Hugo and Dröge, Rianne and Schoenmakers, Emma and Kühbacher, Daniel and Aigner, Patrick and Chen, Jia},
  title = {Guidelines for European cities: a flexible and efficient approach for creating city emission inventories},
  publisher = {ICOS ERIC - Carbon Portal},
  year = {2025},
  copyright = {Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International}
}
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TY  - RRPT
T1  - Guidelines for European cities: a flexible and efficient approach for creating city emission inventories
AU  -  Super, Ingrid
AU  - Denier van der Gon, Hugo
AU  - Dröge, Rianne
AU  - Schoenmakers, Emma
AU  - Kühbacher, Daniel
AU  - Aigner, Patrick
AU  - Chen, Jia
DO  - 10.18160/NK88-49TY
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AB  - Climate change is a global phenomenon that severely impacts urban life. At the same time, cities are key contributors to climate change, as urban activities are major sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (UN Human Settlements Programme, 2024). City emission inventories provide an overview of how much GHGs (and air pollutants) are emitted during a specific period, from which activities, and at which location. This type of information assists local stakeholders in making informed decisions to support their climate action plans and other sustainability efforts aimed at creating cleaner, healthier, and more resilient places to live. City emission inventories are, therefore, the foundation for smart, data-driven sustainability strategies at the city level. We believe an emission inventory should be easily achievable for all European cities, independent of their resources.
PY  - 2025
PB  - ICOS ERIC - Carbon Portal
ER  -
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3 pilot cities
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30 scientific partners
13M€ funding
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EU flag PAUL, Pilot Applications in Urban Landscapes - Towards integrated city observatories for greenhouse gases (ICOS Cities), has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement No 101037319.