Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories

Launch of IPCC Inventory Software
2006 IPCC guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories

Side-Event, SB 36 Sessions, Bonn 16 May 2012,

Aim to introduce the new IPCC
Inventory Software• Presentations– 2006 Guidelines– The Inventory Software– Examples• Energy Sector• Waste Sector• Land Use• Q&A• Demonstration/trials in small groups– Install software if you wish

IPCC Guidelines• IPCC Guidelines consist of:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Methods
Default data
Good Practice Guidance
Reporting Instructions• 1,2 & 3 can be used whatever reporting is agreed on– IPCC or otherwise• Thus the methods and data in the 2006 Guidelines canbe used however emissions and removals are reported– 1996 Guidelines, GPG or 2006 Guidelines

2006 Guidelines• The Revised 1996 Guidelines are 16 years old and much of thedata they use is significantly older• The 2006 Guidelines are a valuable resource that
– Contain much new and revised data
– Have improved data and methods that can and are being used byinventory compilers reporting under the Revised 1996 Guidelines– Include methods for a more complete range of sources/sinks.
– Dispense with “potential emissions” approaches replacing them withsimple Tier 1 methods.
– Update and expand guidance on “Good Practice”: QA/QC, Data
Collection, Uncertainties, Methodological Choice etc.

Example of improved emission factors:
Fossil Fuel Carbon Contents
Revised 1996 Guidelines + GPG

2006 Guidelines

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•

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Annex 1 Parties Inventories submitted
in 2004 (2002 Emissions): NCV,Carbon factors– 1991 OECD (1991)– 1992 IPCC/OECD (1993)•Conversions use CV from OECD/IEA(1996) and 10% & 5% for gross to net
CV (GCV to NCV)

IPCC EFDB data as of December
2003: Carbon and CV data including
developing countries•

IEA NCV Database November 2004
(includes developing country data)•Marland & Rotty (1984)
Grubb (1989)
Expert Meetings

N2O – Bituminous Coal Combustion

2006 IPCC Guidelines

Wider range ofemission
100 factors in2006 Guidelines
reflecting improved
knowledge ofemissions

If value in
Revised 1996
Guidelinesand 2006
Guidelines are
the same point
will lie on thisline

101

0.1
0.1

110

Revised 1996 Guidelines

100

New Guidance in 2006 Guidelines

Fuel Combustion
CO2 -Transport and StorageUrea-based Catalysts (Road Transport)
Fugitive Emissions from Fuels
Abandoned Underground Mines
Mineral Industry
Glass Production
Ceramics
Non Metallurgical Magnesia Production
Chemical Industry
Caprolactam, Glyoxal & Glyoxylic Acid
Titanium Dioxide Production
Petrochemical and Carbon Black Production
Metal Industry
Lead Production
Zinc Production
Electronics Industries
Integrated Circuit or Semiconductor
TFT Flat Panel Display
Photovoltaics
Heat Transfer
7 Fluid

Other Product Manufacture and Use
Electrical Equipment
Military Applications
Accelerators
Medical Applications
Propellant for Pressure and Aerosol Products
Substitutes for Ozone Depleting Substances
Land Use
Complete, consistent treatment of fires
Settlements remaining Settlements
Some wetlands categories
Urea Application
Indirect N2O Emissions from Manure
Harvested Wood Products
Waste
Open Burning of Waste
Biological Treatment of Solid Waste
Other
Indirect N2O Emissions from the AtmosphericDeposition of N (excluding agriculture)

“New” gases in 2006 Guidelines– Sources Identified in 2006 Guidelines
GWP in AR4

HFC, PFC, SF6

HalogenatedCompounds
Production
Magnesiumproduction
Electronics
Industries

CO2, CH4, N2O

Industrial
Processes

Many non-annex Iparties just reporttheseAll Sectors

Currently,
Annex Iparties mustreport these✔

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✔

✔

trifluoromethyl sulphur pentafluoride(SF5CF3)✔

✔

halogenated ethers (e.g. C4F9OC2H5,
CHF2OCF2OC2F4OCHF2, CHF2OCF2OCHF2)✔

CH2Cl2, CH3Cl✔
✔
“New” gases
only from✔
these subcategories✔

C3F7C(O)C2F5✔

nitrogen trifluoride (NF3)

CF3I, CH2Br2, CHCl3

C4F6, C5F8, c-C4F8O

✔

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New Tier 1 Method: Landfills• The 2006 Guidelines provide a simple, Tier 1 approach, toestimating emissions from landfill (SWDS).
– This avoids any “potential” emission estimates as these are misleading
and may over- or under-estimate emissions– A spreadsheet is provided that at a minimum requires ONLY the waste
arising in the current year (with historic population data).
– As more information is added the estimates become increasinglyrefined. A time series of waste arising, changes in SWDS capacity orchanges in waste composition can be included if available.
– Incidentally this spreadsheet can be used for projections

New Methods: IPPU & HWP• Fluorinated Gases– Minimal data needed: Only need to know current years’
imports, exports, production etc. and year of first use.

• Harvested Wood Products– No national data needed: All data can be downloaded fromthe FAO.

Sectoral Changes in 2006 Guidelines•

Energy––––•Improved fuel factors based on wide range of data
CCS included explicitly
Role of “reference approach” as QA tool clarified
Urea Based catalysts

IPPU – Industrial Processes and Product Use– Combines Industrial Processes and Solvent Use– No removals from short term CO2 storage in products unless emissions
accounted for (e.g. Urea)•AFOLU – Agriculture. Forestry and Other Land Use– Combines Agriculture and LULUCF– Improved consistency and coverage of fires (n.b. mapping back)•Waste– New FOD model for landfill sites

Summary• The 2006 Guidelines are available and can be used toestimate emissions and removals for reporting according toeither the 1996, GPG or 2006 guidelines• They are a valuable resource with
 New and updated emission factors and other parameters
 Revised and updated methods
 No “potential” emissions (landfills, F-gas use) all Tier 1 methods give estimates ofannual emissions
 Classification revised to improve transparency and reduce risk of double-countingor omissions
 More clarity on distinction of Energy and IPPU sectors (non-energy use of fuels)
 More sources/sinks and gases covered Improved HWP guidance GPG and methodological guidance integrated

IPCC Inventory Software• We now have software that can assist in using the 2006
Guidelines

It can be used for the whole inventory or just individual categories
Stand alone software with modest hardware requirements
Includes Uncertainty and Key Category AnalysisAids QA/QCWill output in non-Annex 1 National Communications format
Will be developed to include more input/output and reporting
options and complete Tier 2 coverage
FREE!

IPCC Inventory Software: Overview

Outline• Software Administration• Use of worksheets• Examples- Simple worksheet: Energy sector- Emissions Model: Solid waste disposal- Data Manager: Land type15

How to set up compilers team?
XML file

ProjectManager
Initial setting•Country•Inventory Years•Users

MDB file

MDB file

XML file

Complete
Inventory
16EnergyIPPUAFOLUWaste

Category selected: EnergyHierarchical listof categories

Data
Entry

Worksheet-based
calculations follow
2006 Guidelines

17Time Series
DisplayNotation Keys
Available

Defaults Available:
can be over-writen
with country specific
data

Uncertainties

Time Series
Data Entry
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Example: Energy

Example: Waste

Waste Sector

4A. Solid Waste
Disposal

4B. BiologicalTreatment of SolidWaste

4E. Other

4C. Incineration andOpen Burning ofWaste
4D. Wastewater
Treatment andDischargeWaste Sector: 4A. Solid Waste Disposal
First order decay (FOD) method for estimation of CH4 emissions
from solid waste disposal sites (SWDS)• Estimates actual emissions

Two options for estimation of emissions from municipal solid
waste (MSW) depending on data availability• Waste composition• Bulk waste

Historical data on solid waste disposal• Amount of MSW can be estimated from population and per capita waste
generation data (Tier1)

Solid Waste Disposal

Select appropriate
Selectappropriate
region andregion
andclimate
climatezonezone

IPCC default values will
be adjusted (e.g.
methane generation rateconstant)

Are historical dataon solid waste
disposal available?

NOYES

Waste category andtype (e.g. industrialwaste)

After enteringparameters andactivity data

Amount of CH4
generatedAnnual CH4 emissions

Example: Land Use

Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories

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IPCC Inventory Software
IPCC Guidelines
can be downloaded fromhttp://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp