Climate TRACE

In Azerbaijan last week, Climate TRACE co-founders Al Gore and Gavin McCormick shared the COP29 stage and highlighted critical findings from our latest data release. In Al Gore’s opening remarks, he highlighted a collection of recent and tragic climate-fueled natural disasters and asked the question, “when will we decide that we don’t want to keep paying to clean up and try to heal the consequences and deal with the causes instead?” As COP29 comes to a close — and as 2024 shapes up to be the hottest and highest-emitting year on record — we invite you to take note of the many opportunities available to reduce emissions at scale. Watch the full presentation on our YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/gY5epUir

The largest and most comprehensive emissions database is also free and available to anyone who wants to explore and use it — because solving the climate crisis takes collaborative action.

On Friday at COP29, we released our latest global emissions inventory and highlighted all of the new layers of data on the Climate TRACE platform. But what does the data say about the climate crisis and pollution? ?? Emissions have yet to peak. In 2023, emissions rose 0.7% compared to 2022, and we expect them to rise again in 2024. ?? Pollution is consistently concentrated in regions with lower socioeconomic status, showing clear climate inequities with damaging impacts to the health of communities and the planet. ?? Underreporting of emissions continues. Emissions inventories are largely out-of-date and undercounting emissions. For example, for the fourth year in a row, Climate TRACE data show that oil and gas emissions from production and transport are three times higher than what is reported. Read more about the key findings in our press release: https://lnkd.in/gcd8D3kg

It’s here! The newest Climate TRACE dataset is live on ClimateTRACE.org. It remains the most comprehensive GHG emissions inventory globally, and the list of new data points and categories of information has grown immensely since last year. With the new data, you can now access: ??2023 and 2024 emissions data? ??Emissions estimates from over 660 million assets ??Emissions estimates from key non-GHG pollutants, including carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, PM 2.5, and more ??Monthly emissions data from 2021 into 2024 ??City-, province-, and state-level emissions inventories ??Emissions data from 10 sectors and 67 subsectors These data are free and openly available to anyone with internet access. So what do the data show? In 2023, global emissions reached 61.15 billion tonnes CO2e, making it the highest emitting year on record, up 0.7% from 2022. Visit ClimateTRACE.org/explore to search your country, city, industry, or local facility and learn more about global emissions. https://lnkd.in/gcd8D3kg

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This week, Climate TRACE co-founders Al Gore and Gavin McCormick will be in Baku, Azerbaijan, sharing insights from the latest Climate TRACE data with world leaders at COP29. If you are in Baku this week, join them in the Blue Zone, Zone D on Friday, November 15th at 10:30 AM AZT. The presentation will take place in Plenary 1: Nizami. “You no longer should be thinking that emissions can hide,” said McCormick during last year’s conference of the parties in Dubai, UAE. Our work to bring radical transparency to emissions data continues, and we are excited to share how we have expanded the information available on the free and open Climate TRACE platform. Stay tuned as we go live with the newest dataset, including emissions data from over 660 million individual assets. Tune in to the event live at 10:30 AM AZT here: https://lnkd.in/gHTC_RrA

If you're in Baku, please join our side event on Satellites, AI and other tech-based open access tools that are helping countries, cities, subnational governments and companies meet their transparency goals. We're bringing together a superb panel of speakers: TJ Conway (RMI), Lisa Hanle, Golestan (Sally) Radwan (UN Environment Programme), Olia Glade (Greenhouse Gas Management Institute), Sassan Saatchi (CTrees), Kenzie Huffman (Carbon Mapper) and Molly White - whose orgs are at the forefront of making it easier to gather and estimate GHG emissions.

In order to reduce Scope 3 emissions, organizations need to have access to transparent supply chain data. While this has been a difficult task, it is being made easier with the help of AI and multi-stakeholder collaboration. We’re working with Open Supply Hub on a pilot project to integrate Climate TRACE emissions data into their global supply chain database of 745,000 factories and production sites. In order for these data to be effective in driving emissions reductions, organizations need to utilize supply chain insights to make strategic changes in procurement decisions. Thanks to The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation for hosting a roundtable to explore how these data insights can be made actionable.

Ahead of the 2025 deadline for submitting updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) or national climate commitments, the Inter-Parliamentary Union has published a 10-step guide for strengthening those climate commitments. Their guidance includes the following: 1. Establish a baseline 2. Put people front and center 3. Scrutinize for quality 4. Ensure alignment with national policies 5. Monitor alignment with international commitments 6. Strengthen legal and institutional frameworks 7. Reinforce implementation and oversight with sufficient funding 8. Track and report 9. Promote timely and inclusive NDC updates 10. Empower and unite Parliaments can access country-level emissions data to establish baselines and measure progress on the free and open Climate TRACE platform.

“Buildings contribute anywhere from 6% to 9% of global emissions when looking at direct emissions, and far more indirectly when you factor in electricity and biomass…” but tracking those emissions is a challenging task. Kyle Bradbury leads Climate TRACE efforts to track building emissions data with our coalition members at Duke University, and they are working to dramatically enhance the granularity of existing building emissions data. Current estimates rely on spatial resolutions of 10-by-10 KM grid cells, but Kyle Bradbury’s team is working to get that down to 1-by-1 KM resolution. Read more about this work, the challenges present, and how the scientists at Duke are increasing our view of building emissions in our latest ‘Conversations with the Coalition’. https://lnkd.in/gXNSq4FZ Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability