Author(s)

M. Kneller, L. Fugaro & N. Marchettini

Abstract

The Greenhouse Gas Inventory of the Province of Siena M. ~neller', L. ~ u ~ a r o * & N. ~archettini~ I Lamont Doherty Earth Obsewatoiy, Columbia University, U.S.A. and Department of Earth Sciences, University of Siena, Italy 2 Department of Chemical and Biosystem Sciences, University of Siena, Italy Abstract As a result of increasing warnings by members of the scientific community about the possible harmful effects of rising greenhouse gas concentrations, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme in 1988, in order to assess the available scientific, technical, and socioeconomic information concerning possible future climate change. The aim of our project is to use the "Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories," in order to conduct a Greenhouse Gas Inventory for the province of Siena. This will quantify greenhouse gas sources and sinks at a local (provin

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