Feig, Gregor TJoubert, Warren RMudau, Azwitamisi EMonteiro, Pedro MS2018-02-012018-02-012017-11Feig, G.T. et al. 2017. South African carbon observations: CO2 measurements for land, atmosphere and ocean. South African Journal of Science, vol. 113(11/12): http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2017/a02371996-7489http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2017/a0237http://www.sajs.co.za/sites/default/files/publications/pdf/SAJS-113-11-12_Feig_Commentary.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/10013Article published in South African Journal of Science, vol. 113(11/12): http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2017/a0237Monitoring of atmospheric CO2 and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) has been identified as a priority by international agencies, such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and government departments that are interested in mitigating the effects of climate change. South Africa has made a commitment to a low carbon future as part of its role in global climate policy instruments through a national low carbon development strategy. At the Conference of the Parties in November 2015 (COP21), high level of agreement by developed and developing countries encouraged stakeholders to urgent action to address climate change. The agreement emphasises the urgent mitigation pledges with respect to GHG emissions by 2020. As South Africa implements its White Paper on Climate Change, to stimulate a shift towards a low carbon economy, it faces a monitoring and evaluation challenge. Currently, the South African GHG emission inventory is based on fossil fuel emissions, as part of the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory System, under the National Air Quality Act, 2004 (Act No. 39 of 2004). Briefly, emissions are rarely measured directly, but rather based on proxy estimates of activity, extrapolated by an emission factor for the specific activity. There is therefore a need to independently assess the effectiveness of emissions reductions within the context of natural CO2 fluxes. Understanding the changing driving forces of climate change and evaluation of the carbon emission reduction activities requires long-term and high-precision measurements of CO2 gas emissions and sinks as well as their evolution.enpCO2Eddy covarianceCarbon reportingCarbon fluxArticleFeig, G. T., Joubert, W. R., Mudau, A. E., & Monteiro, P. M. (2017). South African carbon observations: CO2 measurements for land, atmosphere and ocean. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10013Feig, Gregor T, Warren R Joubert, Azwitamisi E Mudau, and Pedro MS Monteiro "South African carbon observations: CO2 measurements for land, atmosphere and ocean." (2017) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10013Feig GT, Joubert WR, Mudau AE, Monteiro PM. South African carbon observations: CO2 measurements for land, atmosphere and ocean. 2017; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10013.TY - Article AU - Feig, Gregor T AU - Joubert, Warren R AU - Mudau, Azwitamisi E AU - Monteiro, Pedro MS AB - Monitoring of atmospheric CO2 and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) has been identified as a priority by international agencies, such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and government departments that are interested in mitigating the effects of climate change. South Africa has made a commitment to a low carbon future as part of its role in global climate policy instruments through a national low carbon development strategy. At the Conference of the Parties in November 2015 (COP21), high level of agreement by developed and developing countries encouraged stakeholders to urgent action to address climate change. The agreement emphasises the urgent mitigation pledges with respect to GHG emissions by 2020. As South Africa implements its White Paper on Climate Change, to stimulate a shift towards a low carbon economy, it faces a monitoring and evaluation challenge. Currently, the South African GHG emission inventory is based on fossil fuel emissions, as part of the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory System, under the National Air Quality Act, 2004 (Act No. 39 of 2004). Briefly, emissions are rarely measured directly, but rather based on proxy estimates of activity, extrapolated by an emission factor for the specific activity. There is therefore a need to independently assess the effectiveness of emissions reductions within the context of natural CO2 fluxes. Understanding the changing driving forces of climate change and evaluation of the carbon emission reduction activities requires long-term and high-precision measurements of CO2 gas emissions and sinks as well as their evolution. DA - 2017-11 DB - ResearchSpace DO - 10.17159/sajs.2017/a0237 DP - CSIR KW - pCO2 KW - Eddy covariance KW - Carbon reporting KW - Carbon flux LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 SM - 1996-7489 T1 - South African carbon observations: CO2 measurements for land, atmosphere and ocean TI - South African carbon observations: CO2 measurements for land, atmosphere and ocean UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10013 ER -