Hestia-AKL: An Inventory of Fossil Fuel CO 2 Emissions for Auckland, New Zealand Journal Article

Overview

The largest city in New Zealand, Auckland is home to roughly 1.5 million; people -- one third of New Zealand's population. Here we assemble a; bottom-up inventory of Auckland's fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions; from a variety of data sources. We use these emissions estimates in; combination with the UrbanVPRM land surface model to estimate the net; carbon balance of the region. This work is part of the larger; CarbonWatch NZ project, which aims to produce estimates of New Zealand's; net carbon balance quickly enough to assess and refine ongoing national; efforts to reach carbon neutrality.