Case Studies

LULUCF GHG Inventory Support for Romania

Category: National Governments, Emission Inventories, LULUCF

Aether is supporting the Romanian National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies (ICSI) in the compilation of its national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory for non-forest land areas. We are helping to ensure that Romania’s land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) inventory is robust and of high quality.

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Driving emission reductions through the public sector supply chain: Scope 3 emissions

Category: National Governments, Emission Inventories

Aether contributed to the analysis of procurement (Scope 3) emissions reporting in the Scottish public sector. The research aimed to demonstrate approaches and tools available to Scottish public bodies. The aim was to understand and report their supply chain emissions, providing options for action to improve supply chain reporting across the public sector.

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Runnymede Borough Council Climate Change Study

Category: Cities and Local Authorities, Emission Inventories, Policies and Measures

Aether, in partnership with Land Use Consultants (LUC), delivered a package of works to support Runnymede Borough Council’s (RBC) review of the 2030 Local Plan with a view to introducing stronger policies to address the impacts of climate change.

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Ealing Council Climate Action Plan Multi-Criteria Analysis

Category: Policies and Measures

Aether developed a multi-criteria analysis of Ealing Council’s Climate and Ecological Emergency Strategy (CEES) to support the Council with prioritisation and delivery of climate actions to reach their 2030 target of carbon neutrality.

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Luton Council Net Zero Roadmap and Climate Policy and Action Plan

Category: Cities and Local Authorities

Aether, alongside SE2 and associate Joanne Wade, developed a Net Zero Roadmap and Climate Policy and Action Plan to support the council in its vision of a net zero town by 2040.

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GHG inventory support for Estonia

Category: National Governments, Capacity Building, Emission Inventories

Aether is supporting the Estonian Environmental Research Centre (EKUK) and Estonian Environment Agency (EstEA) in the development of its national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory templates. We are helping to ensure that the compilation process is transparent and efficient.

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Railfreight Energy and Emissions Calculator (REEC)

Category: Cities and Local Authorities, Emission Inventories, Rail

REEC is the first tool for the UK that can calculate, to a high level of granularity and accuracy, the energy usage and resulting emissions for a specified freight train configuration travelling on specified routes on the GB rail network.

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Montenegro’s Third Biennial Update Report (BUR)

Category: National Governments, MRV

Justin Goodwin was contracted as an international expert to support Montenegro with writing the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) chapter for their third Biennial Update Report.

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Rwanda: Review of GHG inventory, mitigation assessments and national reports

Category: National Governments

Emma Salisbury was contracted as an international expert to support Rwanda’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reporting to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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Developing a comprehensive approach to nitrogen in the UK

Category: International Organisations, Policies and Measures

Aether, alongside project partners the Stockholm Environment Institute, the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, and Plantlife International, undertook a study for WWF of the nitrogen cycles and pathways in the UK and reviewed existing strategies and policies that could affect the balance of nitrogen in the environment.

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Devolved Administration Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollution Inventories

Category: National Governments, Emission Inventories

Aether is now leading on the compilation and reporting of greenhouse gas and air pollution inventories for England and the Devolved Administrations, as a part of the wider UK National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory programme.

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Support to the European Environment Agency

Category: International Organisations, Emission Inventories, Policies and Measures

Aether has been providing support to the European Environment Agency through their European Topic Centres since 2014, focussing on air pollution, industrial pollution and climate change mitigation.

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Sefton Council – for the Merseyside Atmospheric Emissions Inventory

“ Engaging Aether to support us to develop the first GHG Inventory System and first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for the United Republic of Tanzania has been a rewarding experience due to their high level of professionalism, creativity, timeliness and value for money. We will definitely consider Aether in our future initiatives. ”

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