WMO Urban Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Guidelines

WMO Publishes Urban Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Guidelines with Key Contributions from ITMS members

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released its new Urban Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Monitoring Guidelines, providing a scientific foundation for cities to better quantify and track their emissions. With urban areas responsible for around 70% of global GHG emissions, the guidelines are an important step toward improving transparency, consistency, and actionability in urban climate reporting.
The document brings together state-of-the-art methods for integrating atmospheric observations, transport models, and emission inventorying, outlining established and emerging approaches for robust emissions quantification. It aims to support city authorities, researchers, and policymakers in designing effective mitigation strategies.
The ITMS members Sanam Vardag (Heidelberg University), Jia Chen (Technische Universität München), Frank Hase (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Anke Roiger (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt), and Fabian Maier (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry) contributed to the guidelines. Their involvement reflects the strong German commitment to developing internationally harmonized approaches for urban GHG monitoring and supporting the WMO’s mission to strengthen the scientific basis for global climate action.

 

Link: https://doi.org/10.59327/WMO/GAW/314