Our Work on Quantifying Carbon Sources and Storage
Carbon is one of the most important elements on earth and plays a major role in climate change. To help inform carbon accounting and the use of nature-based approaches to climate regulation, we support scientific research for quantifying greenhouse gas emissions and for understanding carbon dynamics in natural systems.
Tools and Resources
North American Collaboration on Ecosystem Carbon Sources and Storage
Trilaterally agreed methods and products to monitor continental land cover change and model landscape-level ecosystem carbon changes to improve North America’s capacity to store carbon and reduce GHG emissions
Choice of Satellite Imagery and Attribution of Changes to Disturbance Type Strongly Affects Forest Carbon Balance Estimates
Remote sensing products can provide regular and consistent observations of the Earth´s surface to monitor and understand the condition and change of forest ecosystems...
Related Publications
Integrated Modeling and Assessment of North American Forest Carbon Dynamics
Tools for monitoring, reporting and projecting forest greenhouse gas emissions and removals
Related Projects
Integrated Modeling and Assessment of Climate Change Mitigation Options in the North American Forest Sector
Operational Plan 2015 - 2016
Integrated Modeling and Assessment of North American Forest Carbon Dynamics and Climate Change Mitigation Options
Operational Plan 2013 - 2014
North America’s Blue Carbon: Assessing the Role of Coastal Habitats in the Continent’s Carbon Budget
Operational Plan 2013 - 2014
Ecosystem Carbon Sources and Storage: Information to Quantify and Manage for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions
Operational Plan 2011-2012
Improving Comparability of Emissions Data, Methodologies and Inventories in North America
Operational Plan 2011-2012