Recent technological advancements are facilitating the use of satellite remote-sensing techniques for the measurement of atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gas emissions. This article evaluates the potential for these satellite-enabled measurements to contribute to transparency and answerability for state emissions, with a focus on international space law and policy, and the Paris Agreement to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. We show that in the context of the international space governance framework, the dissemination of integrated emissions data sets has the potential to enhance public answerability for the mitigation performance of states. Under the Paris Agreement, there is scope for space-based measurement techniques to provide an independent data source to support verification activities for national emissions inventories, and for aggregated data to be utilized as part of the global stocktake under Article 14. There are, however, a number of impediments to translating these transparency gains into enhanced answerability for states’ emissions reduction pledges.

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温室气体排放的卫星测量：提高国际法透明度和可回答性的前景

最近的技术进步正在促进使用卫星遥感技术来测量大气中温室气体排放的浓度。本文评估了这些卫星测量有助于提高国家排放透明度和责任感的潜力，重点关注国际空间法和政策，以及《联合国气候变化框架公约》的《巴黎协定》。我们表明，在国际空间治理框架的背景下，综合排放数据集的传播有可能提高公众对各国减缓绩效的责任感。根据《巴黎协定》，