Activities of Activities of IPCC Task Force on National IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Greenhouse Gas Inventories

(TFI)(TFI)1st Meeting of the reconstituted Consultative Group of Experts on

National Communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (CGE)

Bonn, Germany, 29-31 March 2010

Kiyoto TanabeCGE member from Annex I (Japan)

IPCC TFI Responsible for

assessing and developing inventory methods and practices which are scientifically sound and relevant to all countries, noting particularly the lack of information in developing countries.

Has developed IPCC Guidelines and Good Practice Guidance for National GHG Inventories.

On-going Activities of IPCC TFI

PublicityPamphlets

Primer for 2006 Guidelines

Website

SoftwareFAQ

Emission Factor Database (EFDB)

Review: LULUCF GuidanceUncertainty

Tier 3 models & measurements

Support to users for better understanding of IPCC Guidelines Primer for 2006 IPCC Guidelines

Available from TFI website (see below) Summary of the basic approach for inventory

development and guidance on their use Easy to read – expected to serve as quick

guidance on 2006 IPCC Guidelines

FAQ (Answers to frequently asked questions) Developed and maintained by TSU in consultation with

authors of 2006 IPCC Guidelines.

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

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

Support to users for inventory preparation following IPCC Guidelines Emission Factor Database (EFDB)

Library of a wide range of well documented emission factors and other parameters to help users (inventory compilers) select those that best reflect their national circumstances

Supplements all the IPCC Guidelines/GPGs Available through the internet and in the form

of CDROM Efforts being continuously made to get a wider range of EFs

(expert meetings for data collection, literature search, etc.) Open to relevant data proposals – New proposals welcomed!!

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

http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/EFDB/

INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGENATIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES PROGRAMME

EFDB v2.1November 2009

IPCCEmission Factor Database

For 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

Support to users for inventory preparation following IPCC Guidelines Software for 2006 IPCC Guidelines

Under development – To be completed by the end of 2010 Aimed at those with limited resources and/or experience To implement the simplest estimation methods in 2006GLs To assist users implement:

Key category analysis Uncertainty calculation QA/QC Data archives

Prototype (only for Energy)is now available at TFI website

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

Other activities Additional guidance to help inventory compilers

work on AFOLU (or LULUCF) sector e.g. IPCC-FAO-IFAD Expert Meeting on FAO Data for

LULUCF/AFOLU (October 2009) Support to capacity building programmes

implemented by other organizations Participation in workshops/meetings as resource person

CGE workshops, UNFCCC project for Southeast Asian countries, NCSP workshops, Training courses for developing country experts organized by Japan, etc.

Provision of materials such as CDROMs Answer to questions sent to TSU through website