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CAIT
Climate Analysis Indicators Tool
19.10.2005
Esther Lahme
ECOFYS Cologne
CAIT– Climate Analysis Indicators Tool
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Outline
•What is CAIT & who developed CAIT?
•What indicators & GHG data are included in CAIT?
•Where does the data in CAIT come from?
•What kind of analysis can be done in CAIT?
•What countries & regions are included in CAIT?
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What is CAIT?
Information & analysis tool on global climate change
•Provides database GHG & indicators
•Data can be used to support future policy decisions
CAIT products free of charge
 CAIT (online)
 CAIT-UNFCCC (GHG emissions UNFCCC Parties)
 CAIT-V&A (vulnerability and adaptive capacity)
 CAIT-Excel (download, interface Microsoft Excel)
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CAIT– Climate Analysis Indicators Tool
Who developed CAIT?
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•Climate, Energy &
Pollution Program of
the World Resources
Institute
developed by Kevin A. Baumert and Matthew Markoff of WRI
contribution Odile Blanchard (LEPII-EPE) and Niklas Höhne (ECOFYS)
financial support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
the Wallace Global Fund and the Prospect Hill Foundation
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What indicators are included?
•GHG Emissions
•Socio-Economic
•Natural Factor
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What indicators are included?
GHG Emissions
• Historical responsibility
– cumulative emissions
– contribution to concentration or temperature increase
• Annual emissions
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What GHG emissions are included?
Sector level GHG (CAIT)
• Energy
– 5 sub sectors
• Industrial processes
• Agriculture
• Land-use change
• Forestry
• Waste
• International bunkers
GHG Emissions by Sector in 2000, CO2, CH4, N2O, PFCs, HFCs, SF6
(excludes land use change)
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What indicators are included?
Socio-Economic
• Education
• Health
• C intensity
– electricity production
– energy use
– economy
• Income and Economy
– GDP per capita
– GDP total
• Governance
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What indicators are included?
Natural Factor
• Population
• Climatic conditions
– Heating needs
– Cooling needs
• Geography
– Land area
• Natural resources
– Energy mix
– Fuel reserves
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Where does the data come from?
•CAIT many sources
–United Nations
–International Energy Agency
–World Bank
–Carbon Dioxide Information Analyis Center
–Earthtrends
–Special Report on Emission Scenarios
–IPCC
–...
http://cait.wri.org/links.php
•CAIT UNFCCC only UNFCCC
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Where does the data come from?
Data quality
• Reputable national/
international sources
• Some weaknesses
– Data constraints
– Lack of geographic coverage
– Uncertainties (LUC, Non CO2
gases)
More information
• „info“ buttons on pages
• http://cait.wri.org/links.php
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What analysis can be done?
•Rank data or countries
•In/ Exclusion of data or countries
•Analysis features
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What analysis can be done?
Analysis features
•Trends
–Data
–Graphs
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What analysis can be done?
Analysis features
•Comparisons
–2 Indicators – all countries
–2 Countries – all indicators
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What analysis can be done?
Analysis features
•Graph
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What countries and regions are
included?
•192 countries
•8 geographic regions (Asia, Europe, World,...)
•17 UNFCCC regions (Annex I, G-77/China,...)
•5 user specified regions
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CAIT V & A
Population in areas below 5 m
evaluation
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