Presentation title Second workshop on the revision of the UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines Implications on revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines Bonn, Germany, 3–4 November 2010 Matthew Dudley, Programme Officer UNFCCC secretariat, programme

Implications on revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines Presentation title Implications on revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines Areas of the current UNFCCC reporting guidelines identified by Parties as focus areas for the revision include: National inventory report (NIR) Streamline guidance on reporting (FCCC/SBSTA/2006/9, annotated NIR) Institutional arrangments and National (inventory) systems QA/QC Revise/update reporting guidance For indirect emissions On models and higher tier methods Notation keys Improved explanations including examples Establish a new notation key „considered insignificant“ (CI) Other areas mentioned

Implications on revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines Presentation title Implications on revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines Areas of the current UNFCCC reporting guidelines identified by Parties as focus areas for the revision include (continued): Common reporting format (CRF) tables 2006 IPCC guidelines nomenclature to be adhered to Reporting of indirect emissions Which sectors Additional table Maintain separation of agriculture and LULUCF under „AFOLU“ Energy sector nomenclature to be consistent with 2006 IPCC Guidelines and further improved in relation to ISIC international classification Delete key category analysis table CRF tables (SBDT) to include information on uncertainties, method tier and IE/NE

Implications on revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines Presentation title Implications on revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines Streamline guidance in the revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines on reporting Have the current UNFCCC reporting guidelines (FCCC/SBSTA/2006/9) and the annotated outline of the NIR FCCC/SBSTA/2006/9 is for reporting under the Convention Annotated outline of the NIR based on the above but also includes guidance on reporting under Article 7, paragraph 1, of the Kyoto Protocol There is a view that FCCC/SBSTA/2006/9 contains elements that: Are key to the revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines (TACCC). Are outdated (e.g. institutional arrangements, GWPs, coverage of fluorinated gases, etc.) Could be enhanced (e.g. guidance on reporting, recalculations and time-series consistency, notation keys, etc)

Implications on revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines Presentation title Implications on revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines Streamline guidance in the revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines on reporting (continued) TACCC – still the cornerstone of reporting? What elements of the annotated outline of the NIR are relevant for a revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines? (Some examples include: National (inventory) systems QA/QC LULUCF)

Implications on revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines Presentation title Implications on revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines Parties have identified elements to develop guidance on reporting: Cross-cutting: Indirect CO2 and indirect N2O emissions Emissions based on higher tier methods or models Total GHG emissions with respect to AFOLU and indirect emissions Check lists Sector-specific: Reporting of AFOLU (including mapping) Fluorinated gases (coverage) Re-allocation of emissions from non-energy use of fuels

Implications on revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines Presentation title Implications on revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines Parties have identified elements of the current RGLs that need revising: Institutional arrangements (mentioned earlier in the context of streamlining annotated outline of NIR and the current RGLs) GWPs that have been updated by the IPCC Requirement for NIR to be submitted in English („should“) Parties have identified the following considerations for a review of CRF tables: Consistent with the 2006 IPCC Guidelines in its sectors, categories, gases etc. Review of utility of a number of IEFs and additional information tables Improve comparability by restricting reporting of AD to one pre-defined unit Report agriculture and LULUCF separately Indirect emissions to be reported in separate SBDT Delete key category analysis table Allow Parties to include SBDT information on uncertainties, method tier and explanations for NE/IE Sector-specific issues (e.g. CO2 from transport and storage, non-energy use of fuels) (Recommendations for changes to the CRF Reporter)

Implications on revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines Presentation title Implications on revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines What guidance could be included in revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines on Indirect emissions? Total GHG emissions (noting indirect emissions, AFOLU/LULUCF)? As an outcome of streamlining? Are there elements of the current UNFCCC reporting guidelines that are redundant, need an update and/or revision? (Some examples include: Structure (i.e. table of contents) Recalculations and time-series consistency Reporting guidance (higher tier methods and models) Notation keys Potential F-gases emissions) What from the current set of CRF tables: Can be removed? (tables, IEFs, anything else?) Needs revision and/or enhancement? (e.g. additional information tables, units for AD, etc) What new CRF tables are required? (e.g. AFOLU, CCS, anything else?) How prescriptive should the revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines be?