32nd Meeting of the Bureau of the IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
11-12 November 2020
Virtual,Summary of the meeting
The 32nd meeting of the Bureau of the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFB) was
held on 11 – 12 November 2020 by remote through the ZOOM platform as organized by the TechnicalSupport Unit (TSU) of the Task Force on National greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI).
The agenda of the 32nd meeting of TFB was as presented below.
One of the main objectives of the 32nd meeting of TFB was to discuss the progress in the plan agreed atits 31st meeting on activities for the preparatory work for the Methodology Report on Short-Lived ClimateForcers (SLCF) to be taken during the IPCC’s 6th assessment cycle (AR6) in accordance with the decision
made by the IPCC at its 49th Session in Kyoto, Japan in 2019 (Decision IPCC-XLIX-7), as well as todiscuss contingency plan to respond to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, with the aim to ensure thatthree expert meetings at least and the scoping meeting are held either in person or by remote by the endof AR6.
Within the process of reviewing the Principles Governing IPCC Work1,TFB considered the option ofestablishing a mechanism, protocol or other tool enabling more regular updates or refinements
particularly of the emission factors based on up-to-date scientific knowledge without making majorrevisions of the inventory guidelines.
On the work on Emission Factor Database (EFDB), TSU reported on the present and planned activities.
In particular, the 18th Data Meeting, on the Energy sector, which was cancelled in the year 2020 has been
rescheduled for the year 2021 to be held either in person in India, as was planned, or by remote whererestrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will not allow to hold the meeting in person. TSU informedthat the terms will expire for 21 members of the Editorial Board at the end of 2021 and 2022. Nominationsof experts by governments and observer organizations may be called for these 21 positions at the end of2021 as was done in the past. TFB considered that in view of the uncertainty about the timing of transition
from AR6 cycle to AR7 cycle, it is still too early to make a decision on this matter and agreed to revisit
this issue at its 33rd meeting in 2021.
Regarding the IPCC Inventory Software, TSU presented the status of ongoing activities and on additional
support provided by the UNFCCC, US EPA, UNDP GSP. TFB took note of the report by TSU.
TSU presented the work plan of TFI between the 32nd meeting of TFB and the end of 2020 and for theyear 2021 and the budget for TFI activities in 2021-2022 as part of the IPCC Trust Fund Programme andBudget. TSU suggested some changes in the budget for 2021 approved by the IPCC at its 52nd Sessionand also in the forecast budget for 2022 noted by the IPCC at the same Session. TFB agreed the1 https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/09/ipcc-principles.pdf

suggested changes and requested TSU to submit revised budgets to the 53rd Session of the IPCC
(December 2020).
TSU reminded TFB that the 12th Corrigenda for the 2006 IPCC Guidelines had been issued in July 2020,
and also informed TFB that there was no outstanding issue for TFI registered in the IPCC error tracking
system.
TFB agreed to hold the next meeting just after the 2nd expert meeting on SLCF, likely in October 2021
either in person in Istanbul, Turkey, or by remote in case COVID-19 pandemic will not allow to organize
it in person.

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9Opening of the meeting➢ Welcome remarks by TFI Co-Chairs
Adoption of agenda
Minutes of TFB31
Work on Short-Lived Climate Forcers (SLCFs)➢ TSU comparative analysis of methods contained in the 2006 Guidelines and in the EMEP/EEA, AP42,
UNEP BRC together with assessment of EFs availability➢ Planning of meetings
Consideration on the IPCC Procedures from the TFI’s perspective➢ Report on the discussion by the Panel and by the IPCC Bureau about the review of the Principles
Governing IPCC Work
➢ Strategy to update Tier 1 (default) emission factors regularly and with appropriate frequency
Emission Factor Database (EFDB)➢ Membership of Editorial Board, including TOR revision➢ Progress in data collection➢ Other developments➢ Plan for further work
➢ Plan for EB 19 and DM18 in 2021 (May 2021)
IPCC Inventory Software➢ Progress in the work to improve and enhance the usefulness of the Software➢ Plan for further development
Work Plan and Budget➢ Report on the work plan and budget (2021-2023)➢ Report on Norwegian Fund for SLCF as well as on US EPA fund for software as well as on UNFCCC
fund on software➢ Consideration of any changes that need to be proposed to the next IPCC Plenary Session
Errors and corrigenda➢ Status on issuance of corrigenda for the errors identified in the IPCC Guidelines➢ Work in progress:➢ 2006 Guidelines➢ 2019 Refinement
Any other business➢ FAQ on biomass (2-10)➢ Date and place of the next meeting (Istanbul SLCF EM2 or together with the last SLCF meeting of theyear)