Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories

Tools supporting IPCC Guidelines
Side Event during UNFCCC SB40
5 June 2014, Bonn, Germany
Kiyoto Tanabe
Technical Support Unit
IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories

Various Tools Supporting IPCC Guidelines
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FAQ website
Launched in 2008
IPCC Inventory Software
Launched in 2012
1995 IPCCGuidelines

2006 IPCC Guidelines

GPG2000

GPG-LULUCF
KP Supplement

Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines

Emission Factor
Database (EFDB)INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
NATIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES PROGRAMME

Launched in 2002

Expert Meetings (Meeting Reports)

Wetlands
Supplement2014

Emission Factor Database (EFDB)• Emission Factor Database (EFDB)EFDB v2.1
November 2009

– Library of a wide range of well-documented
emission factors and other parameters tohelp users (inventory compilers) select those
IPCC
that best reflect their national circumstances
Emission Factor Database– Supplements all the IPCC Guidelines/GPG– Available through the internet and in the formof CD-ROM– Efforts being continuously made to get a wider range of EFs (expertmeetings for data collection, literature search, etc.)– Open to relevant data proposals – New proposals welcomed!!
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
NATIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES PROGRAMMEFor the latest version see http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/EFDB/
Produced by the Technical Support Unit of
the IPCC National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme.
© Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2009

• New data will be evaluated for acceptance by EFDB Editorial Board.

http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/EFDB/Several search options
available

Specify the criteriasuch as IPCC
source/sink
category, gases, andclick “Apply”
Status of search
Results can beexported in excel
formatFurther growing importance of EFDB• In the context of revision of the UNFCCC reporting guidelines for Annex I Parties, theSBSTA32 welcomed the work of the IPCC to facilitate the use of the 2006 IPCC
Guidelines, including its efforts to develop inventory software and the Emission
Factor Database. It invited the IPCC and other relevant organizations to strengthen
their efforts in this area (FCCC/SBSTA/2010/6, paragraph 76)• In the context of REDD discussion, the SBSTA32 requested the UNFCCC secretariat
to work with the IPCC on promoting the use of the IPCC Emission Factor Database(FCCC/SBSTA/2010/6, paragraph 40)• In the context of national communications from non-Annex I Parties (NAI-NC), theConsultative Group of Experts (CGE):― Agreed on the usefulness of Emission Factor Database; and― Recommended improvement of data quality by enhancement of the sharing ofcountry-specific emission factors through the Emission Factor Database among
NAI Parties, as an element to be considered in a future revision of the NAI-NCGuidelines (FCCC/SBI/2011/5/Rev.1)

IPCC Inventory Software• The latest version was released on 28 Nov 2013.
• It implements the 2006 IPCC Guidelines, but it can also be usedfor reporting under the Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines.
– Countries can use the improved methods and updated default data.

• It can be used for the whole inventory or individual categories.
• It includes Uncertainty & Key Category Analysis and aids QA/QC• Will output in Non-Annex I National Communications format• It improves on earlier software.
– It is stand-alone – does not depend on specific versions ofMS Windows or MS Office.
• Does not require internet access or expensive hardware

http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/software/index.html

Free!

Main menu
Category selected: Energy

Hierarchical listof categories

DataEntry

Worksheet-based
calculations follow
2006 Guidelines

7Time Series
DisplayFAQ Website• Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) such as: Q1-3-2: “What is the difference between accuracy and precision? Does
uncertainty assessment relate to both?” Q2-10: “According to the IPCC Guidelines CO2 Emissions from thecombustion of biomass are reported as zero in the Energy sector. Do theIPCC Guidelines consider biomass used for energy to be carbon neutral?”Continuously updated
http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/faq/faq.html

Expert Meetings• Meant to support users of the IPCC Guidelines through expert
meetings addressing various topics of interest, e.g.:

Revisiting the Use of Managed Land as a Proxy for Estimating National
Anthropogenic Emissions and Removals(São Paulo, Brazil, 5-7 May 2009)Uncertainty and Validation of Emission Inventories(Utrecht, the Netherlands, 23-25 March 2010)

Use of Facility and Project Information in National Inventories(Wellington, New Zealand, 18-20 July 2011)

Role of Remote Sensing in Forest and National GHG Inventories(Hayama, Japan, 23-25 October 2012)

Fugitive Emissions of GHGs from Oil and Natural Gas Systems(Washington D.C., USA, 20-22 August 2013)• Meeting reports are available at:
http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/meeting/meeting.html

As Part of Evolution of IPCC Guidelines• These tools can play a more important role than just assisting
inventory compliers in using the IPCC Guidelines.
• As companions for the IPCC Guidelines, they can keep theIPCC Guidelines always virtually up-to-date and improving.

EFDB could be used not only to provide Tier 2 data, but also toprovide updated or supplementary information on the “default”
values in the IPCC Guidelines.
FAQ website can be used not only to quote texts from the IPCC
Guidelines, but also to elaborate and clarify misleading/unclear
guidance in the IPCC Guidelines, or to provide updated information.
Expert meetings (and their reports) can provide more detailed
and/or up-to-date advice to supplement the IPCC Guidelines.

As Part of Evolution of IPCC Guidelines• IPCC Guidelines – rather static natureMajor improvements can be made periodically by revision• Tools supporting the IPCC Guidelines – dynamic natureSupplementary improvements can be made continuously.

• Tools can make the evolution of IPCC inventory methodology
more dynamic and up-to-date.
• However, it should be noted:

IPCC Guidelines (IPCC Methodology Reports) were subject toformal IPCC review processes and officially adopted/accepted bythe IPCC Plenary.
The tools have not been subject to formal IPCC review processes.
Therefore, the contents of tools cannot replace the IPCCGuidelines.

Thank you!
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