Recommendations and Coordination for Greenhouse Gas Inventory Reviews
Explore the key outcomes and suggestions from the 13th meeting of GHG Inventory Lead Reviewers, focusing on recommendations for review materials, planning, coordination, training opportunities, and enhancement of review tools and materials.
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Conclusions of 13th meeting of lead reviewers of GHG inventories follow-up 14th meeting of GHG Inventory Lead Reviewers Bonn, Germany, 8 - 9 March 2017 Claudia do Valle UNFCCC secretariat, Mitigation, Data and Analysis Programme
Recommendations 13th meeting GHG LRs Other review materials (3) Templates (3) Improvements to . reviews (4) Review tool and materials (3) Training and availability of review experts (2) Planning and coordination (1) 1
Planning and Coordination Secretariat Communicate the status of the development of the CRF Reporter to the ERT (6) ERT and LRs Start the review with the 2016 submission (9) Send questionnaires to experts by 1 April 2016 (7) Availability Sent 24.03.16 Send questionnaires to Parties by 3 May 2016 (8) Submissions plans, availability, and types of review Sent 22.04.16
Training and availability of experts Secretariat Further development and enhancement of the new training program (Convention) (12) ERT and LRs Experienced experts and LRs (12 and 13) o to take the relevant training courses and examinations at their earliest convenience Make the training courses for the ERT available online (13) o In time for the first review o Use the examination session planned by the secretariat Finalize the development of the new platform for the ROE (14) Aug 2016
Training and availability of experts Parties Increase the number of experts who can actively participate in reviews (14) Ensure that experts are fully available: (14) for the complete review cycle for the training Continue nominating experts with experience (14) Update roster regularly (14)
Review tools and materials Secretariat ERT and LRs Status report (16) Highlight or insert in the SR the missing information identified LRs to have experience with the new review guidelines before being able to assess the Standardized set of data comparisons Fill the questionnaires related to streamline the aggregate GHG information Aggregated GHG information (17) Questionnaire to experts on relevance of tables extended till Dec 2016 Compile the results for the 14th LRs meetings User manuals developed and made available at the same time as the comparison tool and Locator Review tools (18) Group of LRs involved in testing updated tools
Templates Secretariat ERT and LRs Drafting the ARR template efficiently (19) o Ensuring identical information is only reviewed once o Using the same language in multiple reports Finalizing a zero order draft by the end of the review week (21) LRs make use of wrap up meetings to assess the status and any obstacles to conclusion of the ZOD o Modifications may be needed to reflect the combined 2015/2016 review cycles (20) LRs to provide additional guidance during the wrap up meeting to the ERT (for completion of the ZOD) (22)
Templates Secretariat ERT and LRs Finalize templates ARR and IRR) and delivery to the ERT (23 and 24) LRs familiarize themselves with the updated templates prior the review cycle (24) at least one month to the start of the 2016 review cycle o Taking in consideration any comments received from LRs by 1 April o Provide comments after 2015/2016 review cycle o
Other review material Secretariat Review handbook: make the document as concise as possible (25) ERT and LRs LRs encouraged to provide feedback to the secretariat on the structure and content of the compilation of the Consolidated Decisions from CP2 (26) Consolidated Decisions from CP2: include a summary (26) KP manual: finalize in a user- friendly way (27) Provide comments on the KP Manual (27) Finalize all documents (above) and include in the materials delivered to ERTs at least one month prior the start of the review week (25, 26: Yes 27: No) ERT encouraged to use these materials (28) Make these documents also available to Parties (28)
Improvement to the quality, efficiency and consistency ERT and LRs The list of PMF should focus on issues and recommendations including the assessment by the ERT of the progress in addressing previous ARR s recommendations (32) Interacting with Parties is fundamental in assessing progress for the purpose of including the issue in a prominent paragraph (32) Some level of judgement More experience needs to be gained with desk reviews before making any specific recommendations (33)
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