Climate Analysis Indicator Tool (CAIT)

Posted by ChinaFAQs on Sep 30, 2009

Summary:
CAIT is WRI’s Climate Analysis Indicators Tool – an information and analysis tool on global climate change. It provides a comprehensive and comparable database of greenhouse gas emissions data (including all major sources and sinks) and other relevant indicators. CAIT can be used to analyze data questions and to support policy decisions made under the UNFCCC and other fora.

Path:
CAIT’s home page

Scale:
Global, regional, national, state-level

Years:
1850-2005

Data Availability:
At the country level, CAIT includes emissions of (1) CO₂ from fossil fuels and cement (1850-2005), (2) CO₂ from land-use changes (1950-2000), (3) and non-CO₂ gases, such as methane (CH₄) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) (1990, 1995, 2000, 2005). CAIT also includes sector-level GHG data, broken down by energy (with five subsectors, such as electricity & heat), industrial processes, agriculture, land-use change and forestry, waste, and international bunkers.

Name: Nathaniel Aden , Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Name: Rob Bradley , World Resources Institute
Name: Barbara Finamore , Natural Resources Defense Council
Name: Sarah Forbes , World Resources Institute
Name: David Fridley , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Name: Kelly Sims Gallagher , Tufts University
Name: Banning Garrett , Atlantic Council
Name: Stephen Hammer , Columbia University
Name: Mikkal Herberg , Pacific Council on International Policy
Name: Isabel Hilton , Chinadialogue
Name: S.T. Hsieh , Tulane University
Name: Angel Hsu , Yale University
Name: Daniel Kammen , University of California, Berkeley
Name: Robert Kapp , Robert A. Kapp and Associates
Name: Mark Levine , Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Name: Joanna Lewis , Georgetown School of Foreign Service
Name: Kenneth Lieberthal , The Brookings Institution
Name: Denise Mauzerall , Princeton University
Name: Kevin Mo , Natural Resources Defense Council
Name: Chris Nielsen , Harvard University
Name: Rose Niu , The Nature Conservancy
Name: Lynn Price , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Name: David Pumphrey , Center for Strategic and International Studies
Name: JingJing Qian , Natural Resources Defense Council
Name: Rod Quinn , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Name: Deborah Seligsohn , World Resources Institute
Name: Monisha Shah , National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Name: Bo Shen , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Name: Taiya Smith , Carnegie Endowment
Name: Jennifer Turner , Woodrow Wilson Center
Name: Alex Wang , Natural Resources Defense Council
Name: Julian Wong , Center for American Progress
Name: Zhang Xiaoquan , The Nature Conservancy
Name: Nan Zhou , Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

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BP Statistical Review of World Energy
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (ORNL)
China Energy Databook (LBNL)
Climate Analysis Indicator Tool (CAIT)
Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR)
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
International Energy Agency (IEA)
The World Bank
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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