The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) at its thirtieth session considered the use by Parties of the 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) guidelines for national greenhouse gas inventories (2006 IPCC Guidelines) starting in 2015. The draft conclusions proposed by the Chair are contained in the document FCCC/SBSTA/2009/3 with its key items, including a schedule of workshops, outlined below.
The SBSTA agreed that the process for Parties included in Annex I to the Convention (Annex I Parties) to use the 2006 IPCC Guidelines should be through a revision of the “Guidelines for the preparation of national communications by Parties included in Annex I to the Convention, Part I: UNFCCC reporting guidelines on annual inventories” (UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines). The process to revise the UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines is also to consider methodological issues relevant to the use of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines.
The SBSTA also agreed to launch a work programme in 2010 for the revision of the UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines. The SBSTA further agreed on the scope of the work programme, covering issues relating to the revision of the UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelinesand addressing methodological issues relevant to the use of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines.
The Secretariat expects that the work programme will conclude in 2011 with agreement by the SBSTA at its thirty-fifth session on the revised UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines. These revised UNFCCC reporting guidelines will provide a platform for the Secretariat to implement associated activities pursuant to Annex I Parties' reporting obligations from 2015. Such activities include the incorporation of new reporting format tables into the reporting software used by Annex I Parties; trial use of this reporting software by Annex I Parties; the consideration by the SBSTA of the experiences in the use of this software by Annex I Parties; and a decision of the Conference of the Parties on the use of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines.
Areas in which the SBSTA may consider inviting the IPCC to carry out additional work and contribute to the work programme.
The SBSTA, at its thirtieth session, requested the Secretariat to compile submissions received from Parties on the above mentioned issues into a miscellaneous document (FCCC/SBSTA/2010/MISC.1), and to synthesize these submissions into a note by the secretariat (FCCC/SBSTA/2010/4) for the SBSTA to consider at its thirty-second session.
Outline and elements of national inventory reports.
Elaboration of good practice guidance for the use and reporting of tier 3 approaches.
The above lists are not exhaustive of all considerations of the work programme; submissions by Parties on the scope of the work programme due 15 February 2010 are likely to provide additional items to be addressed by this programme.
The SBSTA requested the secretariat to organize in 2010 two workshops on this work programme. The first workshop is to address key issues relating to the revision of the UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines, and the second workshop is to address the methodological issues relevant to the use of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines.
Participation in these workshops will be through invitation only.
For further information regarding the work programme or the workshops please send an email with the title “Work programme – Revised UNFCCC reporting guidelines” to secretariat@unfccc.int.
8-10 November 2011 at the UN Campus, Langer Eugen.
The third workshop on the revision of the UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines for reporting of Inventories under the Convention was held 24-25 March 2011 at the UN Campus, Langer Eugen.
The second workshop on the revision of the UNFCCC Annex I reporting guidelines for reporting of Inventories under the Convention was held 3-4 November 2010 at the UN Campus, Langer Eugen.
The first workshop was a pre-sessional workshop held on 27-28 May 2010 at the Wissenschaftszentrum. This meeting considered a schedule of activities and timelines leading up to the second meeting that is likely to be held in the 4th quarter of 2010. The report of this workshop will be considered by the SBSTA at its thirty-second session.