INTRODUCTION TO IPCC TASK FORCEON NATIONAL GHG INVENTORIES (TFI)
IPCC TFI Side Event
UN Climate Change Conference COP22/CMP12/CMA1
7 November 2016Marrakech, Morocco
Andrej Kranjc
Technical Support Unit, IPCC TFITask Force on National Greenhouse Gas
Inventories (TFI)• IPCC was established by WMO and UNEP in 1988.
• TFI was established by IPCC at the 14th Session in1998.
• Objectives of TFI:

– to develop and refine an internationally-agreed
methodology and software for the calculation andreporting of national GHG emissions and removals;– to encourage the widespread use of this methodology bycountries participating in the IPCC and by signatories ofthe United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC).

Background• Technical Support Unit (TSU) provides support tothe TFI under the overall supervision of the Bureauof the TFI (TFB)• The TFI will be retained with current mandate andstructure under the next assessment cycle: startingin October 2015 and ending one year after thesession at which the final product of the AR6 will
have been accepted (Decision IPCC/XLI-4)

Structure ofthe IPCC(2015 -)IPCC PlenaryIPCC Secretariat

IPCC Bureau(in Geneva,Switzerland)

IPCC Executive Committee
Working
Group I

Working
Group II

Working
Group IIIThe PhysicalScience Basis

Climate Change
Impacts,
Adaptation andVulnerability

MitigationofClimate Change

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(France)(Germany)(UK)(Japan)Authors, Contributors, Reviewers

Task ForceonNational
Greenhouse
Gas
Inventories(TFI)

IPCC Guidelines & Various Other Tools

Recent IPCC Decisions, Relevant to TFI (1)• IPCC-41 (Feb 2015, Nairobi, Kenya) decided:– The IPCC will continue to prepare Methodology Reports on
National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.

– The TFI will be retained with current mandate and structure.

• IPCC-42 (Oct 2015, Dubrovnik, Croatia) elected new
TFB for AR6 cycle.

Recent IPCC Decisions, Relevant to TFI (2)• IPCC-43 (Apr 11-13 2016, Nairobi, Kenya) approved theTFI’s proposal and decided to consider the outline of theMethodology Report(s) at the IPCC-44 in October 2016.
• IPCC-43 also approved the proposal to hold a scoping
meeting before the IPCC-44 for the preparation of theMethodology Report(s).

• IPCC-44 (Oct 17-20 2016, Bangkok, Thailand) decided
to prepare a “Methodology Report to refine the 2006
IPCC Guidelines for National GHG Inventories”.

IPCC EFDB (1)• Library of emission factors/parameters and other relevant data
Default values from IPCC Guidelines― Data from peer-reviewed scientific papers― Data from other publications (e.g. government reports, industry studies etc.)―

http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/EFDB/• Evolves dynamically – data proposals (e.g. inventory compilers,researchers) and data collection efforts (e.g. expert meetings)
Open to any data proposals― Data proposals are evaluated by EFDB Editorial Board―• Communication platform for distribution of new research andmeasurement data

IPCC EFDB (2) Annual meeting of the Editorial Board: to evaluate data
proposals and discuss how to enhance/improve the EFDB
13th Meeting of Editorial Board (18-20 November 2015, Hayama, Japan).
About 360 data accepted by the Editorial Board for inclusion into the EFDB
― 14th Meeting of Editorial Board (to be held in December 2016, Indonesia)―• Continuing efforts for data collection― 11th and 12th Expert Meetings on Data for Energy and IPPU sectors (19-20
November 2015, Hayama, Japan)― 13th and 14th Expert Meetings on Data (to be held in Dec 2016, Indonesia)― Data collection by TSU (e.g. literature search)• Other activities (e.g. improvements of website, user-interface,data entry form)

IPCC Inventory Software (1)• Implements the 2006 IPCC Guidelines, but can also be used forreporting under the Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines
Output in reporting tables for national communications from Non-Annex Parties― Can be used for the whole inventory or individual categories―• Database based, does not require internet access or expensive
hardware, freely available at IPCC TFI website
http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/software/index.html• Includes Uncertainty Analysis and Key Category Analysis tools, andaids QA/QC• Can export/import inventory data (e.g. worksheet data) and generatereporting tables (e.g. sectoral and background)• The latest version was released in March 2016 (ver. 2.17)

IPCC Inventory Software (2)• Continuing support to users― Help Desk:

ipcc-software@iges.or.jp― Web Forum:
https://discussions.zoho.com/ipccinventorysoftware/• Collecting feedback from users to continuously improve
the software― An expert meeting to collect feedback is organized every year

• Work to incorporate Tier 2 methods is underway2006 Guidelines being used by NAI Parties• Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) at its 42nd
Session in June 2015 concluded under the agenda itemon “Reporting from Parties not included in Annex I to theConvention”:―“The SBI noted the requests from non-Annex I Parties forfurther technical support aimed at improving their domestic
capacity to facilitate continuity in meeting reporting
requirements through training on the use of the 2006 IPCC
Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, …”(FCCC/SBI/2015/10, paragraph 29)

Support to Training Programmes on GHG
Inventories• TFI itself does not organize training programmes• However, provides technical support to those hosted by others
through attendance of TSU staff as resource persons. Recently there
were several such trainings on Building of Sustainable National
Greenhouse Gas Inventory Management Systems, organized by theUNFCCC Secretariat, with the participation of the TSU experts, underthe MoU between UNFCCC and IPCC, e.g.:Africa Regional Workshop in Namibia (Oct 2015)― Africa Regional Workshop in Lesotho (Mar 2016)― The Latin America and Caribbean Workshop in Panama (Jun 2016)― Workshop for the Asia-Pacific and the Eastern European Regions in Republicof Korea (Sep 2016)―

Other Activities and Products• Expert meetings― Supporting users of the IPCC Guidelines addressing various

topics of concern• Supporting materials― Technical bulletins, primer of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines,

brochures etc.

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) website― Continuously updated

This Side Event:• Will provide you with up-to-date information on IPCCTFI activities to support UNFCCC process;• Will deliver presentations, following this one, on:i.

UNFCCC perspective (10 min)– Speaker: William Agyemang-Bonsu (UNFCCC Secretariat)

ii. Technical Assessment of IPCC Inventory Guidelines (15 min)– Speaker: Sekai Ngarize (TFI Technical Support Unit)iii. 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National GHG Inventories(15 min)– Speaker: Baasansuren Jamsranjav (TFI Technical Support Unit)iv. 2019 Refinement: Way forward (15 min)– Speaker: Pavel Shermanau (TFI Technical Support Unit)

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