CMCC — Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici

AVENGERS: Attributing and Verifying European and National Greenhouse gas and aerosol Emissions and Reconciliation with Statistical bottomup estimates

The Attributing and Verifying European and National Greenhouse gas and aerosol Emissions and Reconciliation with Statistical bottomup estimates – AVENGERS consortium unites a diverse group of experts “to establish how top-down techniques can support the verification of national greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories and other regulated estimates of emissions and removals, in order to improve or supplement the methods/approaches currently used”.

General Aims

To reconcile reported GHG emissions with independent information from atmospheric observations using top-down methods and process-based models, aiming at reducing the most important uncertainties of national emission inventories

CMCC role partner  

Lead Work Package 6 - tools, guidelines and inputs to international programmes

Activities

Coordination with and outreach to international programmes

Expected results 

Enhancing ability to assess emissions reduction measures Reconciliation of top-down and bottom-up estimates Reduced uncertainty of national GHG inventories Source attribution of GHG and aerosol emissions Supporting the Paris Agreement and the Global Stocktake Outreach to international programmes

CMCC Scientific leader  

Carolina Gallo Granizo

Coordinating organization

1. LUNDS UNIVERSITET (ULUND)

Partner 

2. KAMINSKI THOMAS HERBERT (iLab),  3. ISTITUTO SUPERIORE PER LA PROTEZIONE E LA RICERCA AMBIENTALE (ISPRA) 4. RIJKSINSTITUUT VOOR VOLKSGEZONDHEID EN MILIEU (RIV) 5. RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAET HEIDELBERG (UHEI),  6. FONDAZIONE CENTRO EURO-MEDITERRANEOSUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI (FONDAZIONE CMCC) 7. NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST ATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO (TNO) 8. INTEGRATED CARBON OBSERVATION SYSTEM EUROPEAN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURECONSORTIUM (ICOS ERIC) 9. UMWELTBUNDESAMT (UBA) 10. SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET (SLU),  11. STICHTING NEDERLANDSE WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK INSTITUTEN (NWO-I/SRON),  12. STICHTING VU (VUA)