Open AccessMultiagency Initiative to Provide Greenhouse Gas Information: Global Greenhouse Gas Information System Workshop; Albuquerque, New Mexico, 20–22 May 2009
Author(s) -
Boland Stacey W.,
Duren Riley M.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2009eo460010
Subject(s) - greenhouse gas , government (linguistics) , climate change , atmospheric research , political science , business , environmental resource management , environmental science , environmental planning , public administration , environmental protection , meteorology , geography , biology , ecology , philosophy , linguistics
The second Greenhouse Gas Information System (GHGIS) workshop brought together 74 representatives from 28 organizations including U.S. government agencies, national laboratories, and members of the academic community to address issues related to the understanding, operational monitoring, and tracking of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon offsets. The workshop was held at Sandia National Laboratories and organized by an interagency collaboration among NASA centers, Department of Energy laboratories, and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It was motivated by the perceived need for an integrated interagency, community‐wide initiative to provide information about greenhouse gas sources and sinks at policy‐relevant temporal and spatial scales. Such an initiative could significantly enhance the ability of national and regional governments, industry, and private citizens to implement and evaluate effective climate change mitigation policies.