Work on interoperability with theUNFCCC Reporting Tool for CRT(for GHG Inventories)
IPCC TFI: release of the new version of the IPCC Inventory Software for GHG Inventories
Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference
November 2022

Outline Background What is interoperability?
 Why is it important?
 Current activities to prepare IPCC Inventory
Software to interact with UNFCCC ReportingTool
 The road ahead

Background Beginning 31 December 2024, countries submit a biennial transparency report (BTR) consisting of anarrative document and reporting tables/ formats.
 Reporting must follow the Modalities, Procedures and Guidelines (MPGs) (decision 18/CMA.1)
 Decision 5/CMA.3 mandates the UNFCCC to develop reporting tools for the electronic reporting of the tablesand formats, specifically:
 Common reporting tables for GHG inventory (Annex I);
 Common tabular formats for tracking progress made in implementing/achieving NDCs (Annex 2);
 Common tabular formats for financial, technology development and transfer and capacity-building
support (Annex 3)
 Requests the UNFCCC secretariat to facilitate interoperability between the reporting tools and the IPCC
inventory software and invites the IPCC to participate in this effort.

What is interoperability?
Interoperability: “The ability ofcomputer systems or software
to exchange and make use ofinformation”--Oxford Dictionary

AD, EFs and someparameters enteredinto cells of CRT

Why is interoperability important?
IPCC inventory software becomes a centralcomponent of a Party’s institutional arrangements
to facilitate meeting UNFCCC national reporting
obligations.
 Supports Parties in estimating GHG
emissions/removals
 Organizing framework for data collection
efforts among entities
 Minimizes error Reduces reporting burden

Making the Link
 UNFCCC and IPCC working
closely together
 Identifying differences between
the IPCC Inventory software andagreed CRT
 Preparing a detailed, cell-by-cell
mapping to identify the source
data from the IPCC inventory
software that will populate theCRT
 Prepare a strategy to facilitate
population of the CRT data for
UNFCCC reporting Mapping tables to be published tofacilitate users’ understandingMaking the Link
 There are a number of categories in the CRT from decision 5/CMA.3 that are from the 2019
Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines. We are exploring the best ways to accommodate these
specific categories in the IPCC Inventory software to enable transparent and comparable mapping
Examples of (Sub-) Categories from 2019 Refinement/ UNFCCC CRT
EnergyIPPU

Waste

Charcoal and Biochar Production
Coke Production
Solid to Solid Fuel production
Gasification Transformation (CRT furtherdivides into coal-to-liquids and gas-to-liquids)
Abandoned Oil Wells
Gas Post-Meter
Abandoned Gas Wells

HFC production (CRT has HFC-134-a production)
PFC Production
SF6 Production
NF3 Production
Hydrogen Production
Rare Earths Production
Microelectromechanical systems
Waterproofing of Electronic Circuits

Active-aeration landfills (subcategory ofmanaged waste disposal sites in CRT), anddisaggregation into varying degrees ofdecomposable waste

 Exploring approach for confidentiality
 Considering role of notation keys in the IPCC software Flexibility

The Road Ahead•

Striving to ensure users will be able to use the IPCC Inventory
Software to apply all tiers/ approaches in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines,
or a combination thereof, to calculate their GHG inventory.

•Actively developing the mapping together with the UNFCCC to enable
the updated IPCC Inventory software to “talk” to the UNFCCC CRT
reporting tool, in line with Parties’ request at CMA3 (COP26) inGlasgow.

•The best way for Parties to prepare for reporting under the ETF, is tostart today.

•If you are interested in using the software, or testing, please contact
ipcc-software@iges.or.jp– Learn about IPCC inventory software: https://www.ipccnggip.iges.or.jp/software/index.html– Understand the UNFCCC reporting requirements (MPGs and furtherguidance)
https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/cma2018_3_add2_new_advance.pdf
https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/cma2021_10a2_adv_0.pdf

June2024

Final version of CRT:
interoperable with IPCC
Inventory software

June2023

Test version of UNFCCC
CRT reporting tool
available (test functionsof interoperability)

Today

Updating, testing,mapping of IPCC
Inventory Software

Thank you
https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/index.html