1. 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

2. 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

3. Implications on revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines
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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

4. 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Are outdated (e.g. institutional arrangements, GWPs, coverage of fluorinated gases, etc.)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)

5. Implications on revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines
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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)

6. Implications on revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines
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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

7. Implications on revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines
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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)

8. 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?