Final Plenary
Scoping Meeting for a Methodology Report(s) to refine the 2006
IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
Minsk, Belarus
29-31 August 2016

Format• Single Report consisting of multiple volumes• Same structure as that of 2006 IPCC Guidelines
Overview Chapter
Vol.1 General Guidance and ReportingVol.2 Energy
Vol.3 Industrial Processes and Product Use
Vol.4 Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land UseVol.5 Waste

Title• Agreed title:“2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines
for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories”

Draft Table of Contents• Follow the (simplified) TOC of 2006 IPCC Guidelines.
• Draft TOC to be submitted to IPCC Plenary has threeelements for each Section/Subsection.
IssueLocation in 2006 IPCC Guidelines
Type of refinement• Detailed guidance to authors developed by each BOG
should be included into the report of Scoping Meeting.
• “No refinement” will be used for those
Chapters/Sections/Subsections where no refinement
is expected.

Draft Table of Contents• A note should be included in the draft TOC tostate:

Authors should develop modifications even for
those sections/subsections where “No refinement”
is indicated in TOC, if deemed necessary to ensure
consistency with the refinements made in the othersections/subsections.
On the other hand, authors may conclude norefinement should be made even for thesections/subsections where refinement is
expected in the TOC, after comprehensive review
of available literature.

Draft Table of Contents• TSU will harmonize and integrate draft TOC fromeach BOG for submission to the IPCC.
• “Supplementary guidance” or “New guidance”
Conclusion:• “New guidance” will be used.
• Bullets under paragraph 7 in the draft TOR should be averbatim copy of the Panel decision text.
• Explanation will be added to Annex 1 to the draft TOR
which explains three types of refinement with a view toclarifying how these three types (update, elaboration, newguidance) relate to the three bullets under paragraph 7 toensure consistency between them and paragraph 7.

Draft Terms of Reference• Re-revised draft circulated around noon on Day 3
will be further revised taking discussion at thefinal plenary into account.

Draft Work Plan
• Included in the draft TOR as Table 1.
• Concern was expressed about the timing ofreviews which are being scheduled for vacationseasons.
• This concern will be conveyed to the IPCC
Plenary at its 44th Session in October where theproposal including draft work plan will beconsidered by the Panel.

Draft Instructions to Experts and Authors• Final draft was circulated around noon on Day 3.
• This will be included in the draft TOR as Annex 2.

Any other issues• “Significant difference from current default values”
Draft TOR says under paragraph 7 (which is consistentwith the text approved by the IPCC-43):“- Provide updated default values of emission factors and otherparameters based on the latest available science only where
significant differences from current default values areidentified;”Defining quantitative criteria is difficult at the Scoping
Meeting, so the judgement should be left to discretion ofauthors.

After this meeting…

• Proposals to IPCC-44 on 17-20 October in Bangkok
need to be submitted by 16 September at the latest.
• TSU will produce a harmonized and integrated draft
TOC and a final draft TOR including draft WP &Instructions to Experts and Authors, and circulatethem to the participants for final look (for oneweek) by 7 September.
• A meeting report containing detailed guidance toauthors developed by each BOG will be preparedand circulated by 3 October.