Greenhouse Gas Inventories for Urban Operations in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities

Mitigation progress cannot be measured without estimating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Capturing project and city emission estimates has yet to be fully mainstreamed as part of Asian Development Bank’s urban operations. Despite the challenges, there is a strong case for moving toward establishing and maintaining GHG inventories for cities in the long-term.

Greenhouse Gas Inventories for Urban Operations in Southeast Asia

Sonia Sandhu and Sameer Kamal of the Southeast Asia Department Urban Development and Water Division (SEUW) of ADB discussed the challenges and opportunities of accounting greenhouse gas emission of urban infrastructure projects, and incorporating GHG inventories into city investment planning processes. The speakers, in this event on Greenhouse Gas Inventories for Urban Operations in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities organized by ADB’s SEUW and Urban Sector Group, led the discussions to align with ADB's commitments on climate change mitigation.