摘要：This study illustrates how alternative and supplemental community-level greenhouse gas
(GHG) inventory techniques could improve climate action planning. Eighteen US
community GHG inventories are reviewed for current practice. Inventory techniques
could be improved by disaggregating the sectors reported, reporting inventory
uncertainty and variability, and aligning inventories with local organizations that
could facilitate emissions reductions. The potential advantages and challenges
of supplementing inventories with comparative benchmarks are also discussed.
While GHG inventorying and climate action planning are nascent fields, these
techniques can improve CAP design, help communities set more meaningful emission
reduction targets, and facilitate CAP implementation and progress monitoring.
