Climate Conversations: Tracking Emissions

As the world gathers at COP26 and commits to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, it is critical that our scientific capabilities to monitor those emissions directly informs policies and supports accountability. Valerie Karplus (Carnegie Mellon University) will moderate a conversation with Arlyn Andrews (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and Bart Croes (California Air Resources Board, formerly) about how scientists and policymakers work together at different scales to monitor and verify emissions, and about how that knowledge can help determine if approaches to reduce emissions are effective at addressing climate change.

The conversation will be webcast on this webpage on Thursday, October 21, 2021 from 3-4pm ET. Closed captioning will be provided. The conversation will include questions from the audience, and will be recorded and available to view on the page after the event.

Climate Conversations: Pathways to Action is a monthly webinar series from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that aims to convene high-level, cross-cutting, nonpartisan conversations about issues relevant to national policy action on climate change.

Participant Bios

Arlyn Andrews leads the Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases group within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Global Monitoring Laboratory. As a leading expert in greenhouse gas measurements and their interpretation, she has contributed to the development of carbon dioxide and methane sensors for surface, aircraft, balloon and satellite platforms and to NOAA's CarbonTracker modeling framework for estimating greenhouse gas emissions and removals.

Bart Croes is the retired Chief of the Research Division for the California Air Resources Board, where he was responsible for air quality standards, emissions and atmospheric processes research, and greenhouse gas mitigation. He has published peer-reviewed articles on emission inventory evaluation, air quality data analysis, and climate change impacts on California.

Valerie Karplus is an Associate Professor in the department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. Karplus studies resource and environmental management in organizations across diverse national and industry contexts. She is an expert on China’s energy system and its impacts on air pollution and climate change, working collaboratively with scholars in China for nearly 20 years.