19th Meeting of the Editorial Board of the IPCC Emission Factor Database(EFDB)
12 April - 28 May 2021
Virtual meeting
Summary of the meeting
The 19th Meeting of the Editorial Board (EB19) was held virtually in April-May 2021. The EB19
was opened by the IPCC TFI Co-Chairs through a written communication to all participantson 12 April 2021 and took place in a series of online sessions of sectoral break-out groups(BOGs) in April-May and a closing plenary on 28 May 2021.The meeting was attended byEditorial Board members (31 out of 35), Co-Chairs of the IPCC Task Force on National
Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI) and members of TFI Technical Support Unit (TSU).
Key objectives of the EB19 were:To consider outstanding and new data proposals

To discuss the EFDB population and improvements

Agenda of the meeting is attached.
The EB19 was held in parallel with the 18th Expert Meeting on Data for the IPCC EFDB (18thData Meeting) which was focused on data for Energy sector. The 18th Data Meeting (DM18)
was attended by Editorial Board members of Energy sector and experts/data providers. The
lists of participants to the meetings are available at https://www.ipccnggip.iges.or.jp/meeting/meeting.html.
The Editorial Board:considered data proposals including those provided by experts/participants to the DM18.
Total 237 data were accepted for inclusion into the EFDB and 26 data for publication on
the “Extra page” https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/EFDB/otherdata.php at the EFDBwebsite.

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considered the updated information on EFDB population (e.g., results of review/analysisof data in the database, status of data proposals considered) reported by TSU.

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considered the activities implemented (e.g., improvements in user interface) andactivities planned for the EFDB (e.g., new search/filter options, update of User Manual)presented by TSU.

The meeting was closed by Co-Chairs of the IPCC TFI thanking all participants for thesuccessful outcomes.

Agenda12 April,
MondayMorning (JST*)

Opening of the EB19 through a written communication to
all participants (Eduardo Calvo Buendia and Kiyoto
Tanabe, Co-Chairs of the IPCC TFI)
Sectoral Break-out Group (BOG) sessions:12-16 April,
MondayFriday

7:00-9:00 (PET*)
14:00-16:00 (CEST*)
21:00-23:00 (JST)

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19 April,
Monday7:00-9:00 (PET)
14:00-16:00 (CEST)
21:00-23:00 (JST)Energy/DM18**: 12 April
Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU): 13 April
Agriculture: 14 April
Land Use, Land-Use Change & Forestry (LULUCF):
15 April
Waste: 16 April

BOG session for Energy sector/DM18
Sectoral BOG sessions:10-14 May,
MondayFriday

7:00-9:00 (PET)
14:00-16:00 (CEST)
21:00-23:00 (JST)

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Energy/DM18: 10 May
IPPU: 11 May
Agriculture: 12 May
LULUCF: 13 May
Waste: 14 May

Sectoral BOG sessions:17-21 May,
MondayFriday

7:00-9:00 (PET)
14:00-16:00 (CEST)
21:00-23:00 (JST)24 April,
Monday7:00-9:00 (PET)
14:00-16:00 (CEST)
21:00-23:00 (JST)
7:00-7:15 (PET)
14:00-14:15 (CEST)
21:00-21:15 (JST)28 May,Friday7:15-8:00 (PET)
14:15-15:00 (CEST)
21:15-22:00 (JST)Break 15 min
8:15-10:00 (PET)
15:15-17:00 (CEST)
22:15-24:00 (JST)

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Energy/DM18: 17 May
IPPU: 18 May
Agriculture: 19 May
LULUCF: 20 May
Waste: 21 May

BOG session for Energy sector/DM18
Welcome (Eduardo Calvo Buendia and Kiyoto Tanabe,
Co-Chairs of the IPCC Task Force on National
Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI))Introduction to the meeting (Sandro Federici, Head ofTechnical Support Unit (TSU) of the IPCC TFI)Agenda (Amit Garg and Kristina Saarinen, Co-Chairs ofthe EFDB Editorial Board)
Minutes of 18th Meeting of the Editorial Board (Co-Chairsof the EFDB Editorial Board)
Presentations (TSU) Population of the EFDB (EFDB/EB19/Doc.4)
 EFDB improvements
Reports from the sectoral BOGs
Q&A
Presentations (TSU)

Confidence interval (CI) of input values
EB19 onwards

Wrap-up and close of the meeting (Co-Chairs of the EFDB
Editorial Board and Co-Chairs of the IPCC TFI)*PET (Peru Standard Time) = UTC-5, CEST (Central European Summer Time) = UTC+2 and JST(Japan Standard Time) = UTC+9. UTC: Coordinated Universal Time.
** 18th Expert Meeting on Data for the IPCC EFDB/18th Data Meeting (DM18) will be held in parallelwith the EB19 and will focus on data for Energy sector. DM18 will be attended by Editorial Board
members of Energy sector and data providers.