Towards a roadmap for space-based observations of the land sector for the UNFCCC global stocktake

Osamu Ochiai*, Benjamin Poulter, Frank Martin Seifert, Stephen Ward, Ian Jarvis, Alyssa Whitcraft, Ritvik Sahajpal, Sven Gilliams, Martin Herold, Sarah Carter, Laura Innice Duncanson, Heather Kay, Richard Lucas, Sylvia N. Wilson, Joana Melo, Joanna Post, Stephen Briggs, Shaun Quegan, Mark Dowell, Alessandro CescattiDavid Crisp, Sassan Saatchi, Takeo Tadono, Matt Steventon, Ake Rosenqvist

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Abstract

Space-based remote sensing can make an important contribution toward monitoring greenhouse gas emissions and removals from the agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) sector, and to understanding and addressing human-caused climate change through the UNFCCC Paris Agreement. Space agencies have begun to coordinate their efforts to identify needs, collect and harmonize available data and efforts, and plan and maintain a long-term roadmap for observations. International cooperation is crucial in developing and realizing the roadmap, and the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) is a key coordinating driver of this effort. Here, we first identify the data and information that will be useful to support the global stocktake (GST) of the Paris Agreement. Then, the paper explains how existing and planned space-based capabilities and products can be used and combined, particularly in the land use sector, and provides a workflow for their harmonization and contribution to greenhouse gas inventories and assessments at the national and global level.

Original languageEnglish
Article number106489
Number of pages27
JournaliScience
Volume26
Issue number4
Early online date06 Apr 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Apr 2023

Keywords

  • Earth sciences
  • Land use
  • Remote sensing

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