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CGE Greenhouse Gas Inventory
Hands-on Training Workshop
National Arrangements
Version 2, April 2012
Consultative Group of Experts (CGE)
Training Materials for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
Target Audience and Expectation from Training Material
 This training material is suitable for persons with beginner to intermediate level
knowledge of national GHG inventory development.
 After having read this Presentation, in combination with the related documentation, the
reader should:
 have an overview of how important national arrangements are for the regular
development of GHG inventories;
 have a general understanding of the methods and tools available, as well as of the
main challenges in that particular area;
 be able to determine which approach to follow in order to suit her/his country’s
situation best;
 know where to find more detailed information on this topic.
 This training material is developed primarily on the basis of documents developed by
the US-EPA; hence the reader is always encouraged to refer to the original
documents to further detailed information on a particular issue.
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Acronyms
 COP
Conference of the Parties
 GPG
Good Practice Guidance
 NGO
Non Governmental Organization
 QA/QC
Quality Assurance/Quality Control
 TACCC
Transparency, Accuracy, Completeness, Comparability, Consistency
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National Arrangements - Goals
 Ensure that the inventory process is based on relevant COP decisions:
 Decision 17/CP.8 on the guidelines for non-Annex I Party national communications
 Other relevant COP decisions and SBSTA/SBI conclusions
 Ensure that nationally appropriate procedures for collecting, processing,
communicating, and archiving inventory data and information are in place
 Ensure coordination among all relevant government departments, national agencies,
academia, research community and other stakeholders
 Ensure the quality of the inventory data
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What is Quality?
 National GHG Inventories must produce emission/removal data which are nor far over or
below real values as far as can be judged according to the available data and information
 National GHG inventories must be prepared in accordance with the TACCC principles:
 Transparency
 Accuracy
 Completeness
 Comparability
 Consistency
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TACCC Principles
 Transparency:
 Assumptions and methodologies are clearly explained and documented to facilitate
replication and assessment
 If you do not document, there is no way to demonstrate that any of the other
principles has been met
 Accuracy:
 Relative measure of the exactness of emission/removal estimates
 Estimates must be systematically neither over nor under true emissions/removals, as
far as can be judged
 Uncertainties must be reduced as far as practicable
 Appropriate methodologies must be used, in accordance with IPCC guidelines
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TACCC Principles
 Consistency:
 Inventory internally consistent in all its elements with inventories from previous years;
 Same methodologies for the base year and all subsequent years;
 Consistent data sets to estimate emissions and removals from sources/sinks
 Comparability:
 Estimates must be comparable among Parties;
 Methodologies and formats as agreed by COPs;
 Allocation of source/sink categories, according to the Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines
 Completeness:
 All sources/sinks and gases included in the IPCC Guidelines;
 Other existing specific source/sink categories;
 Full geographic coverage of sources/sinks of a Party
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What are National Arrangements for?
 Help Party meet reporting requirements by ensuring that the GHG inventory is prepared in
accordance with the relevant COP decisions (e.g., 17/CP.8)
 Ensure continuity through the development of national capacities and capabilities
 Ensure sustainability of the GHG preparation process
 Will also help with the regular preparation of biannual reports in accordance with
relevant decisions under the UNFCCC process
 Inform international, national, and local policy making
 Foster consistent estimation approaches across government agencies and offices
 Coordinate responses to requests for information
 Ensure high quality and objective inventory information
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Who cares?
 A wide audience of stakeholders...
 Decision makers and policy advisors
 International climate change community
 Provincial and local agencies
 The public and interest groups (e.g., NGOs)
 Businesses
 Scientists
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National Government
 What are the main drivers of emissions and removals?
 What are the uncertainties and reliability of the GHG estimates?
 What are the past trends of emissions and removals (nationally and from individual
activities)?
 What are the effects of existing or planned policies and measures (including policies that
may aggravate emissions)?
 Is there consensus among government agencies and key stakeholders on our emission
estimates?
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Other Stakeholders
 International community:
 Are your GHG estimates credible and transparent?
 Does your GHG inventory fulfill the reporting requirements of the UNFCCC?
 Businesses and NGOs:
 How to quantify and get credit for activities that reduce emissions or sequester
carbon?
 What activities, industries, companies, or policies have been responsible for
significant increases or decreases in GHG emissions or removals?
 Scientists:
 Where do our country have lack of information to support political decisions?
 What are the priorities for research and measurement?
 What are the scientific uncertainties in the emission and sink estimates?
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Inventory Management System
 Three key stages:
 Planning
 Preparation (e.g., data collection and GHG estimation)
 Management (cross-cutting issues, reporting, documenting, archiving)
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Inventory Planning
 Identify all institutions to be involved
 Appoint national inventory agency
 Allocate responsibilities for inventory preparation and management
 Define formal approval process within government
 Develop schedule
 Timeframe and specific milestones
 Make arrangements to collect data from statistical agencies, companies, industry
associations, etc.
 Create QA/QC plan
 Integrate continuous improvement
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GHG Inventory Agency: Responsibilities
 A single national entity to be responsible for the overall inventory, to:
 arrange with collaborating entities that contribute data, research, estimate
emissions or provide expert reviews
 define legal authority to collect and disseminate data necessary for the preparation
of the inventory
 ensure inventory processes are in compliance with COP decisions
 define and apply procedures for collecting data, preparing inventory,
communicating results, submitting report, and archiving
 liaise among government departments, national agencies
 ensure the implementation of QA/QC
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GHG Inventory Preparation
 Identify key categories and significant subcategories (see 2000-GPG Ch. 7 and 2003GPG Ch.5)
 Select methods and emission factors (GPG decision trees at sector category level)
 Collect activity data (both statistical and parametric)
 Manage recalculations (if needed) (see 2000-GPG Ch. 7 and 2003-GPG Ch. 5)
 Implement QA/QC plan: (see 2000-GPG Ch. 8 and 2003-GPG Ch. 5)
 Basic checks should be completed on entire inventory (Tier 1)
 More in-depth investigations into key categories (Tier 2)
 Documentation
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GHG Inventory Management
 Implement inventory review processes (e.g., expert review, public review)
 Obtain formal approval of final results and report within government
 Submission of report to UNFCCC
 Make inventory information available to stakeholders and respond to information
requests
 Archive all documentation and results
 Continuous improvement feedback
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Examples of National Arrangements
 Not one-size fits all…
 Examples of existing arrangements:
 Brazil
 Republic of Korea
 India
 Philippines
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Brazil’s Second National Communication
 Overall coordinating responsibility: Ministry of Science and Technology
 The General Coordination on Global Climate Change, was created, within the
structure of the MCT, in August 1994
 Contribution from: 600 Institutions and 1,200 Experts
 Ministries of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply; Ministry
of Mines and Energy; Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade - MIDIC,
etc.)
 Federal institutions and state institutions
 Trade associations, NGOs, universities and research centers
 Quality Control and Quality Assurance Procedures
 Verification of adequacy of the methodology
 Transparent background reports
 Review by experts not involved in inventory development
 Public consultation through MCT's website (Apr-Sep 2010)
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Republic of Korea’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Research Center
 To act as a GHG inventory hub and greenhouse gas mitigation research think tank
 The Center aims to operate a top tier GHG information center
 Ensure statistical reliability and objectivity by establishing a comprehensive national GHG
inventory system
 Operate a national GHG inventory management council--review and finalize national
statistics and EFs
 Publish ‘National Greenhouse Gas Measurement/Reporting/Verification Guidelines’,
and ‘National and Corporate Greenhouse Gas Emission Factor
Development/Verification Guidelines’
 Verify and announce country- and facility-specific EFs
 Prepare a mid- to long-term country-specific EF development plan
 Prepare a National Inventory Report (NIR)
 Collect and verify sectoral greenhouse gas statistics, centrally at GIR (every June), then
present a National Inventory Report (every December)
 Establish a national GHG statistics database for the systematic management of national and
corporate GHG emission factors and national statistics
 Establish a global cooperation system
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Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment
 Launched on 14 October 2009,
comprising of 127 institutions and 228
scientists across India with the role to:
 Assess the drivers and implications
of climate change through scientific
research
 Prepare climate change
assessments once every two years
(GHG estimations and impacts of
climate change, associated
vulnerabilities and adaptation)
 Develop decision support systems
 Build capacity towards
management of climate change
related risks and opportunities
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The case of The Philippines
 Philippine’s Inter-Agency Committee on Climate Change (IACCC) was tasked with
oversight and coordination of the NC process.
 Preparation of the GHG inventory by the Manila Observatory, in close coordination with
public and private institutions, with a view to ensuring the sustainability of this initiative.
 Small team gathered the information needed to compile GHG emissions
 AD were collected from a number of government agencies and the private sector
 International databases such as those of the FAO were also used
 Default values were used in the absence of local data. Locally sourced information
was available mainly from the LUCF, agriculture and waste sectors.
 During the process of data collection and analysis (which took about a year), focus group
meetings (on a sectoral basis) were continually held among the agencies concerned.
 Training workshops were organized
 As a means to ensure sustainability of this activity, a national inventory report that also
served as a training manual was written by the Observatory team to enable agencies to
conduct a similar exercise on their own.
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US-EPA Templates
 US-EPA – Template Workbook for Developing a National GHG Inventory System
 http://epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ghginventorycapacitybuilding/templates.html
 STEP 1: Identify current inventory management team
 STEP 2: Provide sectoral roles and arrangements
 STEP 3: Provide improvements to institutional arrangements
 STEP 4: Review and complete inventory cycle timeline
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Designated GHG Inventory Agency
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National Inventory Management Team
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Sectoral Institutional Arrangements
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Potential Improvements in the Management Structure of the National
Inventory System
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Closing Remarks
 A GHG inventory is more than just a part of a national communication
 It should be viewed as a broader analytical program
 A “cookbook” approach to developing a GHG inventory is not practical
 There will always be a large and essential need for expert judgment at all levels of the
process
 A well constructed inventory should include enough documentation to allow readers to
understand the underlying assumptions and calculations
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Reference
 US-EPA – Template Workbook for Developing a National GHG Inventory System
 http://epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ghginventorycapacitybuilding/templates.html
Thank you
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