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This book describes guidelines prepared by the U.S. Country Studies Program for the evaluation of options to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. The U.S. Country Studies Program developed these guidelines in collaboration with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to provide developing countries and countries with economies in transition with reference materials for national mitigation assessments. Over 50 countries participating in the program have used the guidelines, which have been refined to reflect their comments. The guidelines delineate a step-wise methodology for evaluating greenhouse gas mitigation options for the energy and non-energy sectors and describe the applications of common analytical tools. The U.S. Country Studies Program uses these guidelines in conjunction with intensive training workshops and follow up technical assistance during the lifetime of each country's study. The program uses similar reference materials to assist counties with their greenhouse gas emission inventories and evaluations of climate change vulnerability and adaptive responses. These guidelines serve three purposes: to assist countries in making decisions about the scope and methodology for mitigation assessments; to provide countries with guidance and step-by-step instructions on each element of a mitigation assessment; and to help countries determine which analytical tools are best suited to their needs and describe procedures for applying these tools. This book describes the application of the most common and readily available methods and analytical tools. Countries are encouraged, where appropriate, to use their own methods.
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Book Title: Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Assessment: A Guidebook
Authors: Jayant Sathaye, Stephen Meyers
Series Title: Environmental Science and Technology Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8466-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1995
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-3781-2Published: 30 November 1995
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4634-5Published: 15 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8466-1Published: 21 November 2013
Series ISSN: 1382-3124
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 251
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Nature Conservation, Environmental Management, Climate Change