30th Meeting of the Bureau of the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
27 October 2018,Rome, Italy
Summary of the meeting
The 30th Meeting of the Bureau of the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFB) was held on 27 th
October 2018, in Ostia castle, Rome, Italy. It was hosted by the government of Italy and organised by the TechnicalSupport Unit (TSU) of the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI). It was held back-to-back with theForth Lead Author Meeting (LAM4) for the Elaboration of the 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for NationalGreenhouse Gas Inventories (2019 Refinement) held on 22-26 October 2018 at the Headquarters of Food andAgriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome.
The agenda of the 30th meeting of TFB was as presented below.
One of the main objectives of the 30th meeting of TFB was to consider work plan for preparation of the 2019 Refinement
final draft for government review and for amendment of the final draft for consideration at the 49th Session of the IPCC
to be held on 8-12 May 2019 in Kyoto, Japan. TFB discussed the format of the 2019 Refinement to be presented to thePanel, need of holding a Science meeting, deadline for the Final Draft files to be sent to Coordinating Lead Authors,delivering of government comments to the Authors (by TSU), etc.
Regarding the IPCC Inventory Software, TSU reported that Tier 2 was implemented for Livestock 3A and relevant 3C
categories, Software was promoted at various workshops (e.g. Expert meeting to collect EFDB and Software users’
feedback held in Hayama, Japan in July/August 2018). TSU also reported that Tier 2 for 3B Land and relevant 3C
categories as well as Tier 1 method for Wetlands Supplement are planned to be implemented in 2019. TFB recognizedthat developing countries will mostly benefit from implementation of Tier 2 for AFOLU sector. It noticed that updated
default Emission Factors (EFs) should be published in the Emission Factor Database (EFDB) and reflected in the IPCC
Inventory Software on a regular basis.
TSU presented the outcomes of the Expert Meeting on Short-Lived Climate Forcers (SLCF) in May 2018 and therelevant discussion at the 48th Session of the IPCC in October 2018. TFB discussed possible options for production ofa new Methodology Report on SLCF inventory, and concluded that the work plan proposed to the Panel at the 48thSession should be retained as one option while at least one more option should be prepared for consideration by theIPCC at its 49th Session.
TSU reported on the cooperation with the UNFCCC Secretariat at regional workshops for developing countries on theuse of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines and the IPCC Inventory Software. Three such regional workshops took place in 2018:
in Montevideo, Uruguay; Lusaka, Zambia; and Beijing, China. The workshops showed that participants have a diverselevel of expertise, but they are very much interested in acquiring knowledge on the 2006 IPCC Guidelines and the IPCC
Inventory Software.
TSU reported on the EFDB present and planned activities. TFB discussed several things, e.g., how to improve balancein the EFDB Editorial Board (EB), selection of EB Co-Chairs, treatment of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) data.
Among the planned activities TSU mentioned enhancement of EFDB promotion (e.g. by providing presentations anddistributing offline version of EFDB at various international meetings/workshops), upgrade of off-line version, review ofEFDB population.
TSU presented the work plan of TFI between the 30th meeting of TFB and the end of 2019. TSU further presented thebudget on TFI activities in 2018 and 2019, forecast budget for 2020 and indicative budget for 2021, as part of the IPCC
Trust Fund Programme and Budget. TFB, inter alia, noted that there is no indication in the tables of the use of funds
for SLCF in the future years’ budgets. TFB therefore concluded that the budget tables need to be revised dependingon the proposal on SLCF that will be submitted to the IPCC for consideration at its 49th Session.
TSU reported on the status on issuance of 11th corrigenda for the errors identified in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines. TFB
noted that it needs to consider the potential error claims in accordance with the IPCC Error Protocol procedure.

AGENDA
Opening of the meeting Welcome remarks by Eduardo Calvo Buendia on behalf of TFI Co-Chairs
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3Adoption of agenda
Minutes of TFB29
2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Plan for finalization of the Final Draft (FD) for the Government Review
 Plan for the Government Review
 Any other issues raised at LAM4 for consideration by TFB

4Emission Factor Database (EFDB) Progress in collection of new data (Report on 15th Editorial Board Meeting and 15th Data Meeting) Plan for selection of new members of the Editorial Board for 2019 and 2020
 Plan for 16th Editorial Board Meeting (EB16) and 16th Data Meeting (DM16) to be held in November 2018
 Plan for further work

5IPCC Inventory Software Progress in the work to improve and enhance the usefulness of the Software Report on Expert Meeting on the Software and EFDB in IGES (Jul/Aug 2018) and other efforts for promotion ofSoftware Plan for Expert Meeting on the Software and EFDB in 2019

6Work on Short-Lived Climate Forcers (SLCFs)
 Report on the Expert Meeting on Short-lived Climate Forcers, held on 28th - 31st May 2018
 Consideration of future work

7Cooperation with UNFCCC Secretariat
 Report on UNFCCC Regional Workshops to promote use of 2006 IPCC Guidelines by non-Annex I Parties

8Work Plan and Budget Report on the work plan and budget (2019-2021) approved by IPCC at its 48th Session
 Consideration of any changes that need to be proposed to the next IPCC Plenary Session

9Errors and corrigenda
 Status on issuance of corrigenda for the errors identified in the IPCC Guidelines
 Pending error claims

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Any other business Plan for a side event during COP24
 Date and place of the next meeting