Dynamic nowcast of the New Zealand greenhouse gas inventory

arXiv:2402.11107v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: As efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change grow, reliable and thorough reporting of greenhouse gas emissions are essential for measuring progress towards international and domestic emissions reductions targets. New Zealand's national emissions inventories are currently reported between 15 to 27 months out-of-date. We present a machine learning approach to nowcast (dynamically estimate) national greenhouse gas emissions in New Zealand in advance of the national emissions inventory's release, with just a two month latency …

abstract arxiv change climate climate change cs.lg dynamic effects emissions greenhouse international inventory measuring new zealand physics.ao-ph progress reporting targets type