diff --git a/stories/intro-us-ghg-center.stories.mdx b/stories/intro-us-ghg-center.stories.mdx index d0ae6051e..8ea49d924 100644 --- a/stories/intro-us-ghg-center.stories.mdx +++ b/stories/intro-us-ghg-center.stories.mdx @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -id: 'intro-us-ghg-center' +id: "intro-us-ghg-center" name: Intro to the US GHG Center description: The U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center (US GHG Center) is a multi-agency effort to compile greenhouse gas data from observations and models into a collection of trusted greenhouse gas emissions and flux products. media: @@ -8,15 +8,16 @@ media: author: name: US GHG Center url: "https://ghg.center/" -pubDate: 2023-08-30 +pubDate: 2023-08-23 featured: true --- + ## Why be Concerned about Greenhouse Gases? Agencies within the U.S. Federal Government and partners have programs and assets that observe and collect information on our changing planet, including emissions and concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs). - + Elevated concentrations of GHGs, including methane and carbon dioxide, are warming the planet. This is leading to changes in Earth's climate that occur at a pace in a way that threatens human health, society, and the natural environment. These changes include warmer air and ocean temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, retreating snow and ice, increasingly severe weather events, such as hurricanes of greater intensity, and sea level rise, among other impacts. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states: "it is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land" and that "widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, cryosphere, and biosphere have occurred." Link to IPCC AR6: [https://www.ipcc.ch/assessment-report/ar6/](https://www.ipcc.ch/assessment-report/ar6/). The data shows trends and patterns in carbon dioxide (CO₂) and methane (CH₄) from anthropogenic (human-related) and natural sources that can be used to inform decisions. @@ -27,57 +28,82 @@ featured: true The US GHG Center works to inform mitigation efforts for a range of stakeholders and forms an interface between Federal and non-Federal activities to improve quantification of greenhouse gas exchange within the Earth system. + -
- Map presenting billion-dollar events - The U.S. has sustained 371 weather and climate disasters since 1980 where overall damages/costs reached or exceeded $1 billion (including CPI adjustment to 2023). The total cost of these 371 events exceeds $2.615 trillion. -
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+ Map presenting billion-dollar events + + {" "} + The U.S. has sustained 371 weather and climate disasters since 1980 where overall + damages/costs reached or exceeded $1 billion (including CPI adjustment to 2023). + The total cost of these 371 events exceeds $2.615 trillion.{" "} + +
- - **U.S. Government Resources on Climate Change and Impacts:** - - - **EPA**: *Climate Change*: https://www.epa.gov/climate-change - - **NASA**: *Global Climate Change*: https://climate.nasa.gov/ - - **NIST**: *Climate*: https://www.nist.gov/climate - - **NOAA**: *Climate Change Impacts*: https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/climate/climate-change-impacts - + + **U.S. Government Resources on Climate Change and Impacts:** - **EPA**: + *Climate Change*: https://www.epa.gov/climate-change - **NASA**: *Global + Climate Change*: https://climate.nasa.gov/ - **NIST**: *Climate*: + https://www.nist.gov/climate - **NOAA**: *Climate Change Impacts*: + https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/climate/climate-change-impacts + -
- - A simplified animation of the greenhouse effect. Video from https://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resources/240/the-greenhouse-effect-simplified/ *Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech* -
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+ + + {" "} + A simplified animation of the greenhouse effect. Video from https://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resources/240/the-greenhouse-effect-simplified/ + *Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech*{" "} + +
- ## US GHG Center Purpose The U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center (US GHG Center) is a multi-agency effort to compile greenhouse gas data from observations and models into one environment containing trusted greenhouse gas emissions and flux products for use in research, decision-making, and other applications. - + The US GHG Center is built on open source principles and techniques that allow users to access, analyze, visualize, and apply data and products to their own usage. - + With this wealth of data pertaining to greenhouse gases, greenhouse gas emissions, and related ancillary information, the US GHG Center can be used to increase understanding of the types of GHG data and measurement platforms to facilitate wider and appropriate usage of GHG information. {/*
- President Biden addressing the crowd at COP27. President Biden addressing the crowd at COP27. The image is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode
*/} + - + ## Who’s Behind the US GHG Center? logos for the four agencies: EPA, NASA, NIST, NOAA - The US GHG Center is coordinated by NASA in partnership with EPA, NIST and NOAA. These agencies are collaborating to prototype development of the center with the goal of accelerating the production and delivery of quality greenhouse gas (GHG) information, including a curated collection of GHG datasets, workflows and visualizations from the federal government and non-public sector, NASA, EPA, NOAA and NIST. - - The Center acts as an facilitator of collaboration with networks of interagency, intergovernmental and private sector partners to support setting, assessing, and meeting climate mitigation goals. - - The US GHG Center is more than just a funnel for greenhouse gas datasets packaged into a user interface. The US GHG Center also includes and reports on various efforts to engage stakeholders, increase understanding with webinars and training events, inform communities, empower users with decision insights. - + The US GHG Center is coordinated by NASA in partnership with EPA, NIST and + NOAA. These agencies are collaborating to prototype development of the + center with the goal of accelerating the production and delivery of quality + greenhouse gas (GHG) information, including a curated collection of GHG + datasets, workflows and visualizations from the federal government and + non-public sector, NASA, EPA, NOAA and NIST. The Center acts as an + facilitator of collaboration with networks of interagency, intergovernmental + and private sector partners to support setting, assessing, and meeting + climate mitigation goals. The US GHG Center is more than just a funnel for + greenhouse gas datasets packaged into a user interface. The US GHG Center + also includes and reports on various efforts to engage stakeholders, + increase understanding with webinars and training events, inform + communities, empower users with decision insights. + - - ## Relationship to Other GHG Activities - The Greenhouse Gas Monitoring & Measurement Interagency Working Group (IWG) was created in January 2022 to coordinate an approach that brings together Federal, subnational, commercial, philanthropic, and academic capabilities to accelerate the Nation’s progress towards an integrated GHG monitoring and information system that supports the Administration’s GHG reduction goals and mitigation efforts. - - The IWG is developing a National Strategy to Advance an Integrated U.S. Greenhouse Monitoring & Information System (US GHGMIS). - - The U.S. Government plans to use a phased approach in implementing the National Strategy, with Phase 1 taking advantage of, and integrating, mature research capabilities and existing data, and Phase 2 reflecting a more robust monitoring and information system based on well-defined requirements as well as planning and research and development efforts from Phase 1. - - The US GHG Center supports both phases of the implementation of the National Strategy, following an iterative approach, which begins with input from EPA, NASA, NIST, and NOAA, and is expected to expand and include other agency and non-federal capabilities in the future. - - The U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center plans to coordinate with networks of international organizations — including the World Meteorological Organization, the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites, and the UN Environment’s International Methane Emissions Observatory — to accelerate development and dissemination of the measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification of GHGs. It also will establish criteria for thorough evaluation of the quality, accessibility, and transparency of new data and modeling products. - - {/*
+ + ## Relationship to Other GHG Activities The Greenhouse Gas Monitoring & + Measurement Interagency Working Group (IWG) was created in January 2022 to + coordinate an approach that brings together Federal, subnational, + commercial, philanthropic, and academic capabilities to accelerate the + Nation’s progress towards an integrated GHG monitoring and information + system that supports the Administration’s GHG reduction goals and mitigation + efforts. The IWG is developing a National Strategy to Advance an Integrated + U.S. Greenhouse Monitoring & Information System (US GHGMIS). The U.S. + Government plans to use a phased approach in implementing the National + Strategy, with Phase 1 taking advantage of, and integrating, mature research + capabilities and existing data, and Phase 2 reflecting a more robust + monitoring and information system based on well-defined requirements as well + as planning and research and development efforts from Phase 1. The US GHG + Center supports both phases of the implementation of the National Strategy, + following an iterative approach, which begins with input from EPA, NASA, + NIST, and NOAA, and is expected to expand and include other agency and + non-federal capabilities in the future. The U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center plans + to coordinate with networks of international organizations — including the + World Meteorological Organization, the Committee on Earth Observation + Satellites, and the UN Environment’s International Methane Emissions + Observatory — to accelerate development and dissemination of the + measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification of GHGs. It also will + establish criteria for thorough evaluation of the quality, accessibility, + and transparency of new data and modeling products. + + {/*
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anthropogenic emissions @@ -152,12 +201,13 @@ featured: true The initial 2-yr demonstration phase of the project targets three GHG areas of study in order to - - Provide access to selected anthropogenic gas emission data products; + - Provide access to selected anthropogenic gas emission data products; - Complement anthropogenic GHG inventories with estimates of natural GHG emissions, updates and other fluxes of GHGs, as well as improved usability and visualizations. - - Identify and quantify emissions from large methane (CH₄) leak events leveraging aircraft and space-borne instruments. - + - Identify and quantify emissions from large methane (CH₄) leak events leveraging aircraft and space-borne instruments. + The US GHG Center is not a comprehensive accounting of all GHG-relevant products and datasets produced by the U.S. Federal Government. Additional features and data sets will be added as additional information is available, with links throughout the site to additional resources. +
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- pictoral representation of carbon cycle The carbon cycle
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- pictoral representation of carbon cycle The carbon cycle
*/} + @@ -246,9 +298,9 @@ featured: true Please contact us by filling out this form. - feedback form for US GHG Center - \ No newline at end of file + + diff --git a/stories/us-methane-sources.stories.mdx b/stories/us-methane-sources.stories.mdx index af088120b..b1bf7598d 100644 --- a/stories/us-methane-sources.stories.mdx +++ b/stories/us-methane-sources.stories.mdx @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ media: author: name: Environmental Protection Agency url: "https://www.epa.gov" -pubDate: 2023-08-25 +pubDate: 2023-08-31 taxonomy: - name: Topics values: @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ taxonomy: + @@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ taxonomy: Methane is the second most abundant greenhouse gas behind carbon dioxide (CO₂). Over the last two centuries, methane concentrations in the atmosphere have more than doubled, largely due to human-related activities. While there are natural sources of methane emissions, most methane comes from human activities in agriculture and water industries such as landfills, wastewater treatment, and other industrial processes. Additional human emissions of methane are coal mining, stationary and mobile combustion, and oil and natural gas systems. Because methane is a powerful GHG and has a relatively shorter lifetime in the atmosphere than CO₂, reducing methane emissions is one of the best opportunities for reducing near term global warming. - Follow these links for more information on the [importance of methane](https://www.epa.gov/gmi/importance-methane), [global methane budget](https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/methanebudget/index.htm), and [observed trends](https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends_ch4/) in global atmospheric concentrations. + Follow these links for more information on the [importance of methane](https://www.epa.gov/gmi/importance-methane), [global methane budget](https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/methanebudget/index.htm), and [observed trends](https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends_ch4/) in global atmospheric concentrations.
## GHG Inventories - A Fundamental Tool Promoting International Climate Change Cooperation - The [United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://unfccc.int/resource/docs/convkp/conveng.pdf&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1695419649511030&usg=AOvVaw2r_M3u40Dcb9U77HDrHNRx) (UNFCCC) is an international treaty that established a framework for international cooperation to achieve “stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system” (Article 2). Towards this end, signatories to the UNFCCC are committed to developing and reporting “national inventories of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases” (Article 4). These inventories provide a scientific basis for tracking and planning emission mitigation efforts to achieve the long-term objective of the Convention. Inventory reporting is also a continued commitment under the 2015 U.N. Paris Agreement. + The [United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://unfccc.int/resource/docs/convkp/conveng.pdf&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1695419649511030&usg=AOvVaw2r_M3u40Dcb9U77HDrHNRx) (UNFCCC) is an international treaty that established a framework for international cooperation to achieve “stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system” (Article 2). Towards this end, signatories to the UNFCCC are committed to developing and reporting “national inventories of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases” (Article 4). These inventories provide a scientific basis for tracking and planning emission mitigation efforts to achieve the long-term objective of the Convention. Inventory reporting is also a continued commitment under the 2015 U.N. Paris Agreement. @@ -70,9 +71,9 @@ taxonomy: ## Creating GHG Inventories with a Consistent Methodology - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issues GHG methodology reports to assist in the development of internationally consistent, transparent, accurate, complete, and comparable inventories of national GHG emissions and sinks ([2006, IPCC](https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/index.html)). These methods are largely based on an approach that uses human activity data (e.g., tons of fuel used), combined with factors that quantify the amount of GHGs emitted or removed per unit of activity (e.g., tons of CO₂ emitted per tons of fuel used).These methods can be more or less complex depending on the type of data available for a given emissions source or GHG. + The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issues GHG methodology reports to assist in the development of internationally consistent, transparent, accurate, complete, and comparable inventories of national GHG emissions and sinks ([2006, IPCC](https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/index.html)). These methods are largely based on an approach that uses human activity data (e.g., tons of fuel used), combined with factors that quantify the amount of GHGs emitted or removed per unit of activity (e.g., tons of CO₂ emitted per tons of fuel used).These methods can be more or less complex depending on the type of data available for a given emissions source or GHG. - Currently, national inventories reported to the UNFCCC are required to use methods consistent with the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories ([2006, IPCC](https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/index.html)), and its subsequent supplements and refinements, where appropriate. + Currently, national inventories reported to the UNFCCC are required to use methods consistent with the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories ([2006, IPCC](https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/index.html)), and its subsequent supplements and refinements, where appropriate.
## Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks - As a Party to the UNFCCC, the U.S. annually submits a national inventory of GHGs to the U.N. each year, called the [Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (GHGI)](https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventory-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-sinks). The EPA has prepared this report since the early 1990s. The GHGI represents official U.S. Government data on national anthropogenic GHG emissions and uses IPCC Guidelines to calculate the annual time series of national emissions and sinks for seven GHGs (including methane), by source and economic sector. + As a Party to the UNFCCC, the U.S. annually submits a national inventory of GHGs to the U.N. each year, called the [Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (GHGI)](https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventory-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-sinks). The EPA has prepared this report since the early 1990s. The GHGI represents official U.S. Government data on national anthropogenic GHG emissions and uses IPCC Guidelines to calculate the annual time series of national emissions and sinks for seven GHGs (including methane), by source and economic sector. - Separately through the [Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP)](https://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting), the EPA also collects annual GHG emissions data (including methane) from individual facilities and suppliers of certain fossil fuels and industrial gases that emit more than 25,000 metric tons or more of CO₂ equivalent per year. Unlike the national Inventory, the GHGRP does not provide full coverage of total annual anthropogenic U.S. GHG emissions, but is used in part to help develop the inventory. + Separately through the [Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP)](https://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting), the EPA also collects annual GHG emissions data (including methane) from individual facilities and suppliers of certain fossil fuels and industrial gases that emit more than 25,000 metric tons or more of CO₂ equivalent per year. Unlike the national Inventory, the GHGRP does not provide full coverage of total annual anthropogenic U.S. GHG emissions, but is used in part to help develop the inventory. @@ -312,9 +313,9 @@ taxonomy: ## Resources / References Users are directed to the following EPA links for more information on U.S. methane emissions: - - [U.S. national methane emissions](https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventory-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-sinks) - - [U.S. state-level methane emissions](https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/state-and-tribal-greenhouse-gas-data-and-resources) - - [U.S. individual facility emissions](https://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting) + - [U.S. national methane emissions](https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventory-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-sinks) + - [U.S. state-level methane emissions](https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/state-and-tribal-greenhouse-gas-data-and-resources) + - [U.S. individual facility emissions](https://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting) - [The gridded methane emission research dataset from the EPA](https://zenodo.org/record/7672124)