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How to Develop a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory
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Broward County Pollution Prevention, Remediation and Air Quality Division
Learning from the Broward’s Experience
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Climate Change Impacts in Southeast Florida
• Sea-level rise (2-5 feet) by 2100• Increasing occurrence of extreme weather
• hotter summers• drier droughts• wetter rainy seasons
• Increasing temperature (2 to 10°F) by 2100• Change in the growing season• Potential change in the frequency and intensity of
tropical storms2
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Responses
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How to develop a greenhouse gas emissions inventory…
Learning from Broward’s Experience
ICLEI’s Clean Air and Climate Protection Software (2007)• Government Analysis/Measures• Community Analysis/Measures
A GHG emissions inventory is an accounting of the estimated amount of GHG emitted to the atmosphere over a specific period of time (e.g., one year). A GHG inventory also provides information on the activities that cause emissions, as well as background on the methods used to make the calculations.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency5
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