15th Meeting of the Editorial Board of the IPCC Emission Factor Database (EFDB)
12-15 December 2017
Paris, France
Summary of the meeting
The key objectives of the 15th Meeting of the Editorial Board (EB15) were to consider data proposals for inclusion
into the EFDB and discuss how to improve and enhance the EFDB including its population and usefulness. TheEB15 was held in parallel with the 15th Expert Meeting on Data for the EFDB/Joint IPCC/IEA Expert Meeting on
Data: Energy data collection, energy statistics and data for the EFDB. The EB15 was hosted by the InternationalEnergy Agency (IEA) and organised by the Technical Support Unit (TSU) of the IPCC Task Force on National
Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI). The list of participants is available at http://www.ipccnggip.iges.or.jp/meeting/meeting.html. The EB15 was chaired by Co-Chairs of the Editorial Board: Mr. Dario R.
Gomez (Argentina) and Ms. Kristina Saarinen (Finland). Agenda of the meeting is attached.
The Editorial Board:considered data proposals including data submitted by experts/participants of the 15th Expert Meeting on
Data as well as data proposals by TSU, and agreed to include 593 data into the EFDB. The data acceptedfor the EFDB include new data for the areas/categories identified in the technical assessment of the IPCC
Inventory Guidelines implemented by the IPCC TFI in 2015-2016.

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discussed how to deal with large datasets and agreed on the procedures

considered a proposal on the other databases which contain data useful for estimation of national
greenhouse gas emissions/removals and agreed to have the links of the databases at Other Databases
webpage at the EFDB websiteconsidered and agreed on the changes proposed in documents on Terms of Reference and Roles andResponsibilities of the Editorial Board to reflect the current practices.

The EB15 was closed by the IPCC TFI Co-Chairs thanking all participants, and the IEA and Government of France
for hosting the meetings and excellent arrangements.

Agenda of the meeting
09:00 – 09:30
09:30 – 10:00

Registration
Welcome10:00 – 13:00

Agenda (EB15/Doc.1)

Eduardo Calvo Buendia and Kiyoto Tanabe, Co-Chairs of the IPCC TFIDuncan Millard, Chief Statistician and Head of Energy Data Centre, IEA

Minutes of 14th Meeting of the Editorial Board (EB15/Doc.2)
Presentations/reports from Technical Support Unit (TSU) of the IPCC TFI

12 December,
Tuesday
14:30 – 18:00

13 December,
Wednesday

14 December,Thursday
15 December,Friday09:00 – 17:15

Introduction (presentations by TSU)
− Roles and Responsibilities of the EFDB Editorial Board− EFDB
Membership of EFDB Editorial Board (EB15/Doc.3)
Usage of the EFDB (EB15/Doc.5)
Population of the EFDB (EB15/Doc.6)
Outcomes of Technical Assessment (EB15/Doc.9)
Data proposals (presentations by TSU)
− Energy− Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU)− Agriculture− Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF)− WasteOther databases (presentations/demonstrations by TSU)

Discussions
Discussions continue:Role and Responsibilities of Editorial Board (EB15/Doc.4)
Terms of Reference of the EFDB Editorial Board (EB15/Doc.8)
Proposal on Data Approval Process (EB15/Doc.7)

Consideration of data proposals
Editorial Board members of Energy and IPPU sectors will join the 15th DataMeeting

Sectoral Break-out Groups (BOGs)

09:30 – 18:00

Sectoral BOGs (continue)

09:00 – 12:30

Closing Plenary

Consideration of data proposals
Editorial Board members of Energy and IPPU sectors will join the 15th Data
Meeting
Reports from BOGs
Discussions
Wrap-up and close of the meeting