INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
IPCC/OECD/IEA Programme for
National Greenhouse Gas Inventories

IPCC EXPERT MEETING ON GOOD PRACTICE
IN INVENTORY PREPARATION:Emissions from Waste
27-29 JULY, SÃO PAULO, BRAZILOBJECTIVES••••

To examine the use of good practice in inventory preparation for the waste sector;
To outline procedures for establishing the completeness, comparability, transparency and quality ofnational greenhouse gas inventories for the waste sector;
To develop guidance on specific methodological and reporting issues related to solid waste disposal,
wastewater handling and waste incineration.
To examine issues related to the assessment of uncertainty in the energy sector

PARTICIPANTS: Inventory experts, scientists, representatives from government, industry, international
governmental and non-governmental organizations.
LOCATION:CETESB - Companhia de Technologia de Saneamento Ambiental do Estado de S.
Paulo,Av. Prof. Frederico Hermann Jr, 345- Pinheiros
São Paulo – SP - Brazil
CEP: 05489-900

PRODUCTS:

A meeting report, Proceedings

ORGANISERS:The IPCC/OECD/IEA Programme for National GHG Inventories, and the Ministry ofScience and Technology of Brazil, the CETESB

2, rue André Pascal, 75775 Paris, CEDEX 16, France
Tel: (33 1) 45 24 7878; fax: (33 1) 45 24 78 76
email: thomas.martinsen@oecd.org
http://www.iea.org/ipcc.htm

AGENDA

DAY 1
Tuesday, July 27
9.00-9.30
Organisers9.30-10.30
Chairs and IPCC
10.00-11.00

11.00

11.30
11.40

Chair (5min.)President of CETESB(10 min.)
IPCC T. Martinsen (IPCC)
Jim Penman (UK)

11.50

Dina Kruger (US)

12.45

13.00
(cancelled)
13.15

Plenary Session
Welcome, introduction
Opening Speech
Development of the IPCC 1996 Revised Guidelines
Outcome from the Paris meeting “Managing Uncertainties inNational Greenhouse Gas Inventories” (5 min)What we learned from the previous meetings on Good Practicein Inventory Preparation (10 min.)General Questions
Coffee Break

12.00
12.15
12.30

Organisers Preparatory Meeting
Chairs Meeting
Registration

Plenary Presentations by Authors: (major issues and challenges)
J. Jensen (NMethane Emissions from Solid Waste Disposal
Norconsult)
John Hobson (UKMethane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Waste Water Handling
Water ReserchCentre)
Bernt Johnke (UBA- Emissions from Waste Incineration
Germany)
DiscussionLunch

13.30– 14.30

Group 1 - room A
Group 2 - room B
Group 3 - room C

Break out sessions
Methane Emissions from Solid Waste Disposal
Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Waste Water Handling
Emissions from Waste Incineration

Group 1 - room A
Group 2 - room B
Group 3 - room C

Coffee Break
Break out sessions
Methane Emissions from Solid Waste Disposal
Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Waste Water Handling
Emissions from Waste Incineration

14.30-16.30

16.30
17.00 – 18.30

DAY 2
Wednesday, July 28
9.00 - 9.30

Meeting of Break-out Group Chairs - Assessment of progress

9.30 - 13:30
Group 1 - room A
Group 2 - room B
Group 3 - room C
11:00 – 11.30
Group 1 - room A
Group 2 - room B
Group 3 - room C

Break out sessions
Methane Emissions from Solid Waste Disposal
Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Waste Water Handling
Emissions from Waste Incineration
Coffee Break
Methane Emissions from Solid Waste Disposal
Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Waste Water Handling
Emissions from Waste Incineration
Lunch

13:30 - 15:00
15.00 - 16:30
Group 1 - room A
Group 2 - room B
Group 3 - room C
16:30- 17.00
17.00 - 18.30
Group 1 - room A
Group 2 - room B
Group 3 - room C

Break out sessions
Methane Emissions from Solid Waste Disposal
Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Waste Water Handling
Emissions from Waste Incineration
Coffee Break
Break out sessions
Methane Emissions from Solid Waste Disposal
Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Waste Water Handling
Emissions from Waste Incineration

DAY 3
Thursday, July 29
9:30 – 10.00

Meeting of Break-out Group Chairs

11.00

Break out sessions
Methane Emissions from Solid Waste Disposal
Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Waste Water Handling
Emissions from Waste Incineration
Coffee12: 00 - 13:00

Lunch

13.00

Plenary. Session

10.00-12:00
Group 1 - room A
Group 2 - room B
Group 3 - room C

13.00
13.30
14.00
14.15
15.00
15.30

(10 min. each)

IPCC
Chair

Breakout Group Summaries - presented by Chairs
General Discussion
Key-findings and conclusions of the meeting (Chairman)
Discussion
Next steps
Conclusion of meeting
Coffee Break15:30

End of Day

16.00-17.00

Meeting with Chairs (discussion of outcome, and schedule forbreak-out summaries and report)