16th Meeting of the Editorial Board of the IPCC Emission Factor Database (EFDB)
13-16 November 2018
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Summary of the meeting
The key objectives of the meeting were to consider data proposals for inclusion into the EFDB and discuss how
to improve and enhance the EFDB including its population and usefulness. The meeting was held in parallel withthe 16th Expert Meeting on Data (16th Data Meeting) for the EFDB which was focused on data for Land Use, LandUse Change and Forestry (LULUCF) and Waste sectors. The meetings were hosted by Government of Argentinaand Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires and organised by the Technical Support Unit (TSU) of theIPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI). The lists of participants of the meetings areavailable at http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/meeting/meeting.html.
Amit Garg (India) and Kristina Saarinen (Finland) were elected as Co-chairs of Editorial Board for 2018-2021.
Dario Gomez (Argentina), TFB member served as acting Co-chair during the meeting in the absence of Amit
Garg. TFI Co-chairs expressed their gratitude for accepting this role. Agenda of the meeting (approved asamended) is attached.
The Editorial Board considered and discussed several issues in particular:
considered data proposals including data submitted by experts and participants of the 16th Data Meeting aswell as data proposals by TSU. Total 310 data were accepted for inclusion into the EFDB and the accepted
data 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.

considered and agreed on the draft text on procedure for election of Editorial Board Co-chairs to be includedin Terms of Reference of the Editorial Board.

revisited the “robustness” criteria including the term “accepted uncertainty” and made some edits incorresponding sections.

At the closing plenary, TFI Co-Chairs notified the participants of four outgoing members of the Editorial Boardand thanked them for their contribution. TFI Co-Chairs extended appreciation to Government of Argentina andFaculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires for hosting these meetings, and also to Government ofSwitzerland for financial contribution.
The meeting was closed by the IPCC TFI Co-Chairs thanking all participants and Government of Argentina andFaculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires for hosting the meetings and excellent arrangements.

Agenda09:00 – 09:30
09:30 – 10:00

Registration
 Welcome address−−−

10:00 – 13:00

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13 November(Tuesday)

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14:30 – 17:30

14 November(Wednesday)

15 November(Thursday)

16 November(Friday)

09:30 – 17:30

Rabbi Sergio Bergman, Secretary of Government of Environment andSustainable Development of Argentina
Carlos Gentile, Secretary of Climate Change and Sustainable Development,
Argentina
Silvia Nonna, Academic Secretary, Faculty of Law, University of Buenos
Aires, Argentina
Kiyoto Tanabe, Co-Chair of IPCC TFI
Eduardo Calvo Buendia, Co-chair of IPCC TFIAndrej Kranjc, Head, Technical Support Unit for IPCC TFIAgenda (EB16/Doc.1)
Introductory presentations− Introduction to IPCC TFI− IPCC EFDB and recent updates− Roles & responsibilities of the EFDB Editorial Board
Membership of EFDB Editorial Board (EB16/Doc.3)− Election of Co-chairs of the Editorial Board
Minutes of 15th Meeting of the EFDB Editorial Board (EB15/Doc.2)
Usage of the EFDB (EB16/Doc.5)
Population of the EFDB (EB16/Doc.6)
Proposal on how to deal with large data sets (EB16/Doc.7)
Outcomes of the Technical Assessment of IPCC Inventory Guidelines(EB16/Doc.9)
Status of data and data proposals− Energy− Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU)− Agriculture− Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF)− WasteDiscussions
Discussions continue

Roles and responsibilities of EFDB Editorial Board (EB16/Doc.4)
Terms of reference of EFDB Editorial Board (EB16/Doc.8)
Other issuesConsideration of data proposals
Editorial Board members of LULUCF and Waste sectors attend the 16th Data
Meeting

Sectoral Break-out Groups (BOGs)

09:30 – 17:30

Sectoral BOGs

09:30 – 13:00

Sectoral BOGs

14:30 – 17:30

Closing PlenaryConsideration of data proposals
Editorial Board members of LULUCF and Waste sectors attend the 16th Data
MeetingConsideration of data proposals

Reports from BOGs
Discussions
Wrap-up and close of the meeting