Millie Mi

Mentored by IDIES member Dylan Gaeta

Abstract

Many US cities have set greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions goals, making it necessary for them to
understand their emissions. However, the existing GHG inventories are incomprehensive or lack
data disaggregated by city. While some cities have created their own inventories using one or more of the existing protocols, the inventories are decentralized, which makes it challenging to compare GHG emissions between different cities.

We aim to create a standardized database of GHG emissions estimates from cities by scraping the
web for publicly-available GHG inventory data. Through visualizations, the data will be used to compare cities’ GHG inventories and their progress on their GHG emissions goals. Additionally, we plan
to identify best practices in emissions accounting based on the range of practices we encounter while
creating the database.