Methodologies for GHG emissions inventories and Paris Agreement reporting : a practical handbook
Manuals and Training Materials
20 October 2021
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Methodologies for GHG emissions inventories and Paris Agreement reporting : a practical handbook
Manuals and Training Materials
20 October 2021

This Practical Handbook on Methodologies for GHG Emissions Inventories and Paris Agreement Reporting provides a complete methodological recommendations for government officials of the organizations from non-Annex I countries engaged in the development of and responsible for official submission of national the greenhouse gas inventory reports as per the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 2006) alongside the 2013 Supplement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Wetlands (IPCC, 2014), which are recommended on a voluntary basis by the UNFCCC Conference of Parties.  

The methodological recommendations provide guidance on how to estimate the greenhouse gas emissions and removals under several individual categories or sub-categories, which are grouped by 5 sectors: Energy; Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU); Agriculture; Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF); and Waste. Each chapter also includes a description of source categories for each sector, as well as references, clarifications, and useful tips to support the estimation and inventory efforts. All links in the interactive version lead directly to the required section pages, original data sources, or useful supplementary resources.

The text of the book is available in an online and print versions in both the English and the Russian languages, as well as an online training tool, which is intended to support the estimation of GHG emissions and the preparation of national inventories by Central Asian and other countries, which are non-Annex I parties under the UNFCCC. An interactive version of the tool is available upon registration at: http://escap.igce.ru/

The development of this Practical Handbook on Methodologies for GHG Emissions Inventories and Paris Agreement Reporting was made possible through the ESCAP regional project on Supporting countries in Asia-Pacific to meet commitments to the Paris Agreement funded by the Russian Federation.

This Practical Handbook on Methodologies for GHG Emissions Inventories and Paris Agreement Reporting provides a complete methodological recommendations for government officials of the organizations from non-Annex I countries engaged in the development of and responsible for official submission of national the greenhouse gas inventory reports as per the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 2006) alongside the 2013 Supplement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Wetlands (IPCC, 2014), which are recommended on a voluntary basis by the UNFCCC Conference of Parties.  

The methodological recommendations provide guidance on how to estimate the greenhouse gas emissions and removals under several individual categories or sub-categories, which are grouped by 5 sectors: Energy; Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU); Agriculture; Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF); and Waste. Each chapter also includes a description of source categories for each sector, as well as references, clarifications, and useful tips to support the estimation and inventory efforts. All links in the interactive version lead directly to the required section pages, original data sources, or useful supplementary resources.

The text of the book is available in an online and print versions in both the English and the Russian languages, as well as an online training tool, which is intended to support the estimation of GHG emissions and the preparation of national inventories by Central Asian and other countries, which are non-Annex I parties under the UNFCCC. An interactive version of the tool is available upon registration at: http://escap.igce.ru/

The development of this Practical Handbook on Methodologies for GHG Emissions Inventories and Paris Agreement Reporting was made possible through the ESCAP regional project on Supporting countries in Asia-Pacific to meet commitments to the Paris Agreement funded by the Russian Federation.

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