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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-07-29
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[01] Monitoring carbon emissions
[01] Monitoring carbon emissions
The Greek government on Tuesday set in motion processes for monitoring
the country's greenhouse gas emissions in compliance with Greece's
obligations under the Kyoto Protocol, after a meeting initiated by the
agricultural development and foods ministry.
In a meeting of ministry officials proposed by Deputy Agriculture
Minister Constantine Kiltidis and attended by Deputy Environment, Town
Planning and Public Works Minister Stavros Kalogiannis, the government
decided on a series of steps to set up monitoring mechanisms.
These included the creation of a committee to coordinate ministry's
services in order to collect the necessary data and to collect data on
emission and absorption of greenhouse gases from the land use sectors,
the changes of land use and forestry by creating a national system of
records.
Kiltidis stated that there is evidence concerning the crucial role
played by forests in reducing carbon dioxide emissions, which will help
Greece avoid paying high fines related to emissions targets.
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