1. TFEIP – 11th meeting of the Projection Expert Panel
Agenda
11h30
Introduction to the session
Melanie Hobson/Nadine Allemand
11h40
GAINS emission projections for the EU Clean Air Policy Package
Zig Klimont (IIASA)
12h00
Sweden’s national emission projection system and the SCAC research program
Tomas Gustafsson, Karin Kindbom (Sweden)
12h20
UK emission projections
Yvonne Pang (UK)
12h40
Discussions
Updates to projections chapter in the guidebook?
Updates to the reporting guidelines on projections?
All
13h00
End of the session
12 May Milan

2. TFEIP – 11th meeting of the Projection Expert Panel
Just in case if questions arise
12 May Milan

3. Summary of obligations
What pollutants for projections?
Amended Gothenburg protocol Article 3.11 ter.
“Each Party shall develop and maintain inventories and projections for the emissions of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, ammonia, volatile organic compounds, and particulate matter.”
Art 44. (ECE/EB.AIR/125, reporting guidelines)
Parties to the Gothenburg Protocol within the geographical scope of EMEP shall regularly update their projections and report every four years from 2015 onward their updated projections, for the years 2020, 2025 and 2030 and, where available, also for 2040 and 2050.
Projections mandatory for SO2, NOx, NMVOC, PM2.5, NH3
Every 4 years from 2015
12 May Milan

4. Summary of obligations
What pollutants for projections?
Art 44. (ECE/EB.AIR/125, reporting guidelines)
Parties to the other Protocols are encouraged to regularly update their projections and report every four years from 2015.
No mandatory projections for other pollutants, just encouragements
12 May Milan

5. Summary of obligations
What to report and how?
According to ECE/EB.AIR/125, reporting guidelines, article 27:
Projections of emissions should be estimated and aggregated to the relevant source sector set out in annex IV to these Guidelines. Parties to the Gothenburg Protocol within the geographical scope of EMEP have a mandatory obligation to report such projections under article 7, paragraph 1 (b).
Parties should provide a “with measures” and, where relevant, a “with additional measures” projection for each pollutant in line with the guidance given in the EMEP/EEA Guidebook.
Calculated projections should be consistent with the latest inventory.
Methodologies and assumptions for projections should be transparent and should allow for an independent review of data.

6. Summary of obligations
What to report and how?
According to ECE/EB.AIR/125, reporting guidelines, article 27:
For Parties within the EU, reported projections should, as far as appropriate, be consistent with those compiled under Regulation No. 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and for reporting other information at national and Union level relevant to climate change.

7. TFEIP – 11th meeting of the Projection Expert Panel
Just in case if questions arise
12 May Milan

8. TFEIP – 10th meeting of the Projection Expert Panel
Workplan
Summarising the new reporting guidelines for projections
This was done
Make suggestions for modifying the reporting template for HM, POP
Still to be done
Make some recommendations to compile black carbon projections