South Africa’s
experience inusing the 2006
IPCC Software

Presentation at the IPCC Side Event on 2006 IPCC Software
Saturday, 8th June 2013

Presentation Overview•Background•Importance of the National Greenhouse Gas inventory inSouth Africa•2006 IPCC Software experience and tools•Observations and Conclusions

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BackgroundBackgroundWhat does the National Climate Change Response Policy (NCCRP) say about
the GHG Inventory:

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Executive Summary (key elements in the overall approach to mitigation) and section 6.1.7 –“Establish a national system of data collection to provide detailed, complete, accurate and upto-date emissions data in the form of a Greenhouse Gas Inventory and a Monitoring andEvaluation System to support the analysis of the impact of mitigation measures.

•Introduction and in relation to international obligations (UNFCCC) – “Monitor andperiodically report to the international community the country’s GHG inventory; steps taken andenvisaged to implement the UNFCCC; and any other information relevant to the achievementof the objective of the UNFCCC, including information relevant for the calculation of globalemission trends”•Section 6.7 – “The DEA in partnership with the South African Weather Service, the host of theSAAQIS, will prepare a GHG Emissions Inventory annually. The inventory will conform tothe IPCC’s 2006 or later guidelines, and will be periodically reviewed by an internationalteam of experts. The inventory will also undertake and report analyses of emissions trends,including detailed reporting on changes in emissions intensity in the economy and acomparison of actual GHG emissions against the benchmark national GHG emission trajectory
range described in section 6.4”

•Section 6.7 – “The emissions inventory will be a web-based GHG Emission Reporting Systemand will form part of the National Atmospheric Emission Inventory component of the SAAQIS. It
will be developed, tested and commissioned within two years of the publication of this policy”

Background•The 4th GHG inventory is to be completed in June2013,

•Independent Review process: July- September 2013

•Moving forward, the department wants to sustain thedevelopment of all inventories through thedevelopment of the South African Air Quality
Information System (SAAQIS) Phase II – An
Emission Inventory Module•

Inventory fully developed using the 2006 IPCCguidelines,

Importance of a National GHG InventoryNational Communications(NCs), Biennial Update
Reports (BURs)

Carbon Tax Regime

Desired Emissions
Reduction Outcomes(DEROs)
South Africa’s positionin negotiations

NationalGHG
Inventory

NCCRP Imperatives –Transition to a Low
Carbon Society

Presidency Indicators,
Millennium
Development Goals

Local and Provincial
CC mitigation planning
M&E systemverification

2006 IPCC Software Experiences and Tools

Comparison – Ref vs. Sectoral Approach8Reference vs. Sectoral approach

Land Cover Datasets
2000 LC Map

2000-2005 “Change” Map2005 LC Map

2010 LC Map

2005-2010 “Change” Map

Land use Matrix

11Energy Sector – Export – worksheet Data

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Key Category Analysis - Trend

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Key Category Analysis - Level14

Reporting: 2006 GLs

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Reporting: 1996 GLs + 2000 GPG

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F-Gases17

Observations and conclusions•Built-in analysis tools makes it easy to interrogate input data
•Land-use manager helps inventory compilers to critique land
use change data and identify inconsistencies•Software database easy to manage and to facilitate a review
process•Software is able to meet any reporting requirements•In some cases, the software makes it easy to input datacompared to IPCC spreadsheet models (e.g. F-gases andWaste)18

Thank You
jwiti@environment.gov.za

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