The Attributing and Verifying European and National Greenhouse gas and aerosol Emissions and Reconciliation with Statistical bottomup estimates – AVENGERS consortium unites a diverse group of experts “to establish how top-down techniques can support the verification of national greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories and other regulated estimates of emissions and removals, in order to improve or supplement the methods/approaches currently used”.
42 months from 01/01/2023 to 30/06/2026
General aims
To reconcile reported GHG emissions with independent information from atmospheric observations using top-down methods and process-based models, aiming at reducing the most important uncertainties of national emission inventories
CMCC role partner
Lead Work Package 6 – tools, guidelines and inputs to international programmes
Activities
Coordination with and outreach to international programmes
Expected results
Enhancing ability to assess emissions reduction measures
Reconciliation of top-down and bottom-up estimates
Reduced uncertainty of national GHG inventories
Source attribution of GHG and aerosol emissions
Supporting the Paris Agreement and the Global Stocktake
Outreach to international programmes
CMCC Scientific leader
Carolina Gallo Granizo
Coordinating organization
1. LUNDS UNIVERSITET (ULUND)
Partner
2. KAMINSKI THOMAS HERBERT (iLab),
3. ISTITUTO SUPERIORE PER LA PROTEZIONE E LA RICERCA AMBIENTALE (ISPRA)
4. RIJKSINSTITUUT VOOR VOLKSGEZONDHEID EN MILIEU (RIV)
5. RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAET HEIDELBERG (UHEI),
6. FONDAZIONE CENTRO EURO-MEDITERRANEOSUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI (FONDAZIONE CMCC)
7. NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST ATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO (TNO)
8. INTEGRATED CARBON OBSERVATION SYSTEM EUROPEAN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURECONSORTIUM (ICOS ERIC)
9. UMWELTBUNDESAMT (UBA)
10. SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET (SLU),
11. STICHTING NEDERLANDSE WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK INSTITUTEN (NWO-I/SRON),
12. STICHTING VU (VUA)