Greenhouse Gas Emissions And Their Trends Over The Last 3 Decades Across Africa

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Abstract: This study compares bottom-up and top-down methodologies to evaluate greenhouse gas emission trends across Africa from 1990 to 2018. It finds that CO? emissions from fossil fuels have doubled at twice the global rate, while methane and nitrous oxide have risen sharply. Land use and forestry fluxes exhibit major inconsistencies between inventories. The paper proposes corrections to flawed national data and supports the Paris Agreement Global Stocktake. Its framework provides verification tools for emissions reporting and helps align inventory practices with independent datasets.