Carbon analytics for net-zero emissions sustainable cities

Ramaswami, A., Tong, K., Canadell, J. G., Jackson, R. B., Stokes, E., Dhakal, S., Finch, M., et al. (2021). Carbon analytics for net-zero emissions sustainable cities. Nature Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00715-5

Consensus on carbon accounting approaches at city-level is lacking and analytic frameworks to systematically link carbon mitigation with the Sustainable Development Goals are limited. A new accounting approach anchored upon key physical provisioning systems can help to address these knowledge gaps and facilitate urban transitions.

Read the full article here.

Additional content

Read more about the article here in a news story from Princeton’s High Meadows Environmental Institute.

Read Prof. Ramaswami’s blog post about how the process of writing this paper.