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Al Gore-affiliated group finds systematic emissions underreporting
A coalition of groups using satellite observations, artificial intelligence and machine learning revealed on Wednesday the most comprehensive facility-level accounting of global carbon emissions.
Why it matters: The information can be used by regulators, journalists and investors to put pressure on governments and corporations to cut their emissions.
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What they found: The coalition's data, gleaned from more than 300 satellites and available for free to the public, shows that many countries and companies have been under-reporting their emissions to the UN climate treaty organization.
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The intrigue: The oil and gas facility emissions undercount, Gore told Axios in an interview, is suspicious after Climate TRACE saw similar underreporting trends in its 2020 inventory.
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https://www.axios.com/2022/11/09/gore-climate-group-finds-co2-emissions-underestimates
