2019 Refinement and other activities
of IPCC Task Force on National GHG
Inventories
Use of IPCC Guidelines in the UNFCCC processes
7 November 2017
COP23,Vitor Góis
GHG inventories unit
Transparency framework sub-programme
Mitigation, Data and Analysis Programme
UNFCCC Secretariat

Outline•

History and background••

Where are we now?
•Annex I Parties•

Transition to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines and related issues•

Non-Annex Parties

Paris Agreement

History and background2013 KP Supplement

2013 Wetlands

2006 IPCC Guidelines

2020

COP25

CMP15

COP24

CMP14

COP23

CMP13

COP22

CMP12

COP21CMP115,7&8 (Rep., accounting & review)

COP20

CMP10

Revised UNFCCC review Guidelines

COP19

CMP9

Revised UNFCCC reporting Guidelines

COP18

CMP8

COP17

CMP7

LULUCF, Met., common metrics
BR (Annex I) + BUR (non Annex I)

COP16

CMP62010

COP15

CMP5

COP14

CMP4

COP13

CMP3

COP12

CMP2

COP11

CMP1

Paris Agreement

Paris Agreement

Marrakesh (Rep., accounting & review)

COP10
COP9
Good Practice Guidance for LULUCF

Guidelines GHG Inventories Annex I

COP8Guidelines NC non Annex I

COP7
Good Practice Guidance

COP6

2000

COP5Guidelines GHG Inventories Annex I

COP4COP3
Revised 1996 GL

KP - Arts. 5,7&8

COP2

Rev. Guidelines NC (Annex I + non AnnexI)

COP1Guidelines National Communications

UNFCCC - Arts. 4.a & 12.1a

Annex I – UNFCCC reporting and review guidelines•New UNFCCC Annex I inventory reporting guidelines(decision 24/CP.19):•Update of previous guidelines to incorporate methodological revisions/updates in the 2006
IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (from 2015 submissions onwards)•Annex I Parties “shall” use the methodologies in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines, unless statedotherwise in the UNFCCC reporting guidelines, and any supplementary methodologies
agreed by the COP•••

However, major difference: estimates of emissions and removals are reported separately
for the Agriculture and LULUCF sectors (not AFOLU!)

Use of the 2013 Supplement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National
Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Wetlands (“encouragement”; required reporting ofrewetting and drainage) (SBSTA)
Annex I Parties could use EFs or parameters provided in the IPCC Emission Factor Database•if lack country-specific information demonstrate that those are appropriate in specificnational circumstances and are more accurate than default data provided in the 2006
IPCC Guidelines

Annex I – Kyoto Protocol reporting/review guidelines•Methodologies for CP2 (decision 4/CMP.7)•••“Shall” be consistent with the 2006 IPCC Guidelines as implemented
through the revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines
National systems (decision 19/CMP.1 + 3/CMP.11)

KP-LULUCF (decisions 2/CMP.7 and 6/CMP.9)•••“Shall” apply , as appropriate, the 2013 Revised Supplementary Methods andGood Practice Guidance arising from the Kyoto Protocol in consistency with2/CMP.7“Shall” apply the 2013 Supplement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines: (WetlandsSupplement) for providing information on wetland drainage and rewetting
elected KP-LULUCF activity
Parties are encouraged to use the Wetlands Supplement for any other KPLULUCF activities

Annex I – transition to the new UNFCCC guidelines•

Training available (GHG inventories):•••

Generally, not many issues related to the use of previous IPCC
Guidelines••••

Available
New training modules available since 2015

Parties have had the opportunity to get to know the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for anumber of years
However, Parties had to continue reporting in accordance to previous UNFCCC
guidelines up to 2015
Parties needed some time to update their data collection and tracking systems andinfrastructure to ensure smooth transition to 2006 guidelines

Use of new guidelines may had some impacts on commitments andtargets in limited cases:•The 2006 IPCC Guidelines resulted in some quantitative recalculations for national
inventories: updated EFs and parameters, new subcategories introduced andmethodologies now available for some categories which were previously not available

Non annex I – use of the IPCC guidelines•

Reporting guidelines for National Communications of non-Annex IParties (decision 17/CP.8):•••

Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines (“should” be used)
IPCC good practice guidance (“encouraged”)

UNFCCC biennial update reporting guidelines for Parties notincluded in Annex I to the Convention (decision 2/CP.17, Annex III)
•Updates of sections on the GHG inventories based on the best information
available using• Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines• Good Practice Guidance and• IPCC good practice guidance for LULUCFNon annex I – reporting/review guidelines•

Use of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines• June 2017
• 34 BURs assessedParis Agreement•

Framework for transparency (Art. 13 of the Paris Agreement):••

Accounting for National Determined Contributions (Art. 4.13 of the ParisAgreement):
Parties account for GHG emissions and removals in accordance withmethodologies and common metrics assessed by the IPCC and adopted by
the CMA (decision 1/CP.21)
Possible outcomes:• Submissions under APA agenda items 3c and 5• e.g. 2006 GLs/latest IPCC GLs or 1996 GLs + GPG••

Each Party “shall” regularly provide an national inventory report using goodpractice methodologies accepted by the IPCC and agreed upon by theConference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the ParisAgreement (CMA)Thank you