Dear Colleagues,

Human activities release greenhouse gases, which are the main contributors to climate change. To address this issue, it is crucial to implement low-emission strategies. These strategies include adopting various monitoring approaches for sustainable practices, enhancing energy efficiency, transitioning to renewable energy sources, and improving land-use management.

This special issue aims to gather contributions that focus on quantifying greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, and N2O) using the latest available instrumentation. We encourage submissions that provide a clear understanding of the overall impact of various sources and sinks on greenhouse gas levels, such as those from agricultural systems, municipalities, landfills, and regulatory applications. Additionally, we seek studies that perform cross-validation using biogeochemical models and tools. Furthermore, mitigation and adaptation are two main strategies to cope with the risk of climate change. Mitigation is considered as the most important tasks in dealing with climate change in scientific research, while adaptation task seemed to gain urgency attention. The synergies, co-benefits and tradeoffs of these three strategies revealed a vital role in neglecting negative climate effects, though these aspects are still in the initial stage. The success of mitigation-adaptation interlinkages and other sustainable development objectives, including research on potential synergies, co-benefits and trade-offs which will significantly contribute to the development of relevant policies, research initiatives, and ultimately, sustainable development in the future.

Syu-Ruei Jhang

Chia-Fa Chi

Guest Editors

Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) ; Greenhouse Gases Monitoring; Emission Control Strategies; Emissions Quantification;  Policy Assessment; Mitigation and Adaptation; Synergies, Co-benefits and Tradeoffs