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The Guidelines 2007
Comments and issues remaining:
Drafting Team:
Justin (ETC-ACC), Vigdis (MSC-W), Kristin (TFEIP),
Brinda (UNECE)
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Overview
• Material produced
• Comments & revisions overview
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Deadline: 16th October
Comments by ES, SK, SI, DE, EE, NO, UA, NL
80 comments (Focus on these)
Guidelines
• Mostly Editorial
• But not all….
– Lots of calls for Guidebook strengthening
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Relevant Material
• Draft Guidelines Text
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Emission_reporting_Guidelines_Draft_for_Thessaloniki.doc
• Draft template Spreadsheet
– Annex_Tables_reporting_Templates.xls
• Explanations for the Revision of the Emission
Reporting Guidelines
– Thessaloniki/Note explaining proposed changes for Guidelines.doc
• Comments and responses document
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Recently distributed
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The Pleasure…
“You have done some good work in improving the reporting
guidelines.”
“In general, we like to comment that we appreciate the further
harmonisation process between the UNFCCC and the UNECE
requirements as well as the NEC reporting obligations.”
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The Pain…
• To Balance:
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The Science
The Policy
The Resources
The Systems
The Timing
The Practicability
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Main Text Comments
• Some specific issues & responses:
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Glossary
SI units
Editorial tidying to pollutant lists
National Territory Reporting (text and annexes)
Add further references to IPCC guidance
TSP encouraged but not needed for LPS & gridded information.
Title changes to “Guidelines for Calculation and Reporting of
Emission Data“
LPS definitions & links to other reporting (e.g. E-PRTR)
Projections need quality principals too
References to the guidebook
fuel sold vs fuel used
Agreement on should & shall to be reached with EB (Not Here)
• Revised text to be presented…
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Annexes Comments
• Annex I Definitions: Clarification & LPS work to do
– (clarification on using Notation Keys needed
– LPS definitions & E-PRTR
• Annex II Protocol years: Annex III: Codes and aggregations
• Annex IV Templates:
– Table 1: Historic emissions and activity
• (Industrial process “Storage, handling and transport”, Activity Data, No Summaries,
National EMEP area total, Big Table, Add organic fertilizers, remove 5b Forest &
Grassland)
• Tidying.. NAs
– Table 2a & 2b: Projection emissions & activity
• Questions on usefulness & ability to fill tables. aggregations and pre-filled notation
keys (NA & IE).
– Table 3a (LPS) & 3b (Gridded) : Editorial clarifications
• Primary Keys & tidying up notes
– Flat Files (Clarification of primary keys)
• Annex V: The Informative Inventory Report..
– Improved Harmonisation with UNFCCC since Ammersfoot
– Timing
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Guidebook Comments
• Recognised that it underpins guidelines
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Uncertainty
KS assessment needed
Full methods
Good practice
Emission factors
Projections
• Science & improvement
• …. And the review process
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Flat Files
National Sectoral & Projections emissions and activity
Table 4a: Flat file format for data requested in Tables IV 1, IV 2a and IV 2b
ISO2
DE
YEAR
SECTOR
2006 1 A 1 a
sub-sector
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COMPONENT
NOx
UNIT NUMBER/FLAG Note/reference
Gg NO2
4507 ….
Primary Keys
Sectoral Gridded Data
Table 4b: Flat file format for data requested in Table IV 3a
ISO2
DE
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YEAR
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SECTOR
2005 1 A 1 a
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COMPONENT
NOx
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Primary Keys
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j
45
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UNIT
33 Gg NO2
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NUMBER/FLAG
45 Example Re
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Sectoral LPS Data
Table 4c: Flat file format for data requested in Table IV 3b
ISO2
DE
LPS
Plant X
YEAR
SECTOR
2005 1 A 1 a
COMPONENT
NOx
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45
LONG
33 50.500
LAT
60.700
HEIGHT
HEIGHTCLASS
45
UNIT
2 Gg NO2
NUMBER/FLAG
3600
Primary Keys
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