UNFCCC%20Workshop%20on%20National%20Systems%20(Under%20Article%205,%20Paragraph%201,%20of%20the%20Kyoto%20Protocol)

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UNFCCC Workshop on National Systems(Under
Article 5, Paragraph 1, of the Kyoto Protocol)

• 11-12 April 2005 Wissenschaftszentrum, Bonn,
  Germany

John Watterson Sarah Baggott National
Environmental Technology Centre - Netcen -
Harwell Science Park, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11
0QJ, UK Joanne Halliday UK Department for
Environment Food and Rural Affairs Defra
London, SW1E 6DE With thanks to Susan Donaldson,
Defra Justin Goodwin and Glen Thistlethwaite,
Netcen
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Overview of presentation
Data Collection
QA/QC
Planning

• The UK National GHG Inventory System
  development, implementation experiences
• Inventory Planning
• Data Collection
• Quality Assurance and Quality Control
• Inventory Management and Archiving
• UK NIS Web Site

UK NIS
Management
Web Site
Archiving
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Overview of UK NIS
Data Collection
QA/QC
Planning
UK NIS
Management
Web Site
Archiving
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UK National Inventory System (DEFRA)
DEFRA
EU MONITORING MECHANISM 15th January 15 March
(AEA Technology- netcen)
LLUCF inventory (CEH/FC/DEFRA)
UK Emission Inventory Database
CRF
Agricultural Inventory (IGER/DEFRA)
Defra Contracts
Other Inventory Development (Contracts/DEFRA)
UNFCCC 15 April
NIR
Energy Fuel Statistics (DTI) Pollution
Inventory (Environment Agency) Transport
Statistics (DfT) Emission Factors (IPCC
Guidelines)
Official Datasets
Inventory Compilation QA/QC Data
Gathering Checking Interpretation Calculation
MOU Development (2004/5)
Statistical Datasets
UnOffical Datasets Industry NGOs (UKPIA,
UKOOA Other Trade Associations, Individual
Companies) Emission Factors Guidebooks
Literature
Unofficial Datasets
Key
Controlled Data Flow
Data Quality Agreements
MOU Development (2005/6)
Data Sources
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DEFRAs Zone of Authority
AEA Technology Zone of Authority
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
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UK NIS - Key organisations
Single National Entity UK Defra GHGi management
team 6?
Inventory Agency Netcen Data processing and
reporting, QAQC management, GHGi planning
development 10?
Agriculture Institute of Grassland and
Environmental Research 2?
Key Data Providers (KDPs) Energy data DTI DfT
- Transport UKOOA oil gas UKPIA -
petroleum etc. Confirm capacity
Energy IndustryTransportWaste Netcen 10?
LUCF Centre for Ecology and Hydrology 3?
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UK NIS Key Data Providers

• Key data providers
• DTI Energy balance data
• EA/SEPA/NIDoE Industrial point source data
• DfT Transport data
• ESI Power station data
• UKPIA Refinery and petroleum products data
• UKOOA Offshore oil and gas data
• Corus Iron and Steel data
• Other trade associations and industry contacts

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Single National Entity functions

• Defras key NIS roles responsibilities
• NIS Management Planning
• Overall control of the NIS development function
• Management of contracts delivery of GHGI
• Definition of performance criteria for NIS key
  organisations
• Development of Legal Contractual Infrastructure
• Review of legal organisational structure
• Implementation of legal instruments and
  contractual developments as required to meet
  guidelines

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NIS implementation plan in place.
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Ongoing review of current NIS. Development of
MOUs or new legal mechanisms being discussed.
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Inventory Agency functions

• Netcen NIS roles responsibilities
• Planning
• Close co-ordination with Defra to deliver NIS
• Review of current NIS performance
• Assessment of required development
• Scheduling of tasks and responsibilities to
  deliver GHGI and NIS on time, to budget
• Preparation
• Drafting of agreements / MOUs
• Review of source data identify developments
  required to improve GHGI quality
• Management
• Documentation archiving
• Dissemination of information

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NIS implementation plan in place. Regular
meetings with Defra.
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Evolution of current inventory compilation
system. Ongoing programme of meetings with Key
Data Provider organisations.
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Contacts Database, Document archive, Development
of NIS information for Key Data Providers
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Key Data Provider functions

• Data Provider NIS roles responsibilities
• Data Quality, Format, Timeliness, Security
• Close co-ordination with Netcen to deliver source
  data in appropriate format and in time for
  inventory compilation phase, allowing for all
  required QA-QC procedures.
• Assessment of their current data acquisition,
  processing reporting systems, taking regard for
  QAQC requirements.
• Identify any required organisational or legal
  development and resources to meet more stringent
  NIS data requirements, notably the security of
  data provision in the future.
• Communication with Defra, Netcen and their peers
  / members to help to disseminate information
  regarding NIS

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Ongoing programme of meetings between Netcen and
Key Data Providers. UK NIS stakeholder workshop
planned for May 2005. Review of KDP data systems
planned for Summer 2005.
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NIS implementation plan
2003
2004
2005
2006
Jan July Dec Jan July Dec Jan July
Dec Jan July Dec
Defra examining NIS implementation requirements
UK NISimplemented
Web site operational
Meeting with KDPs
NIS Annex in NIR
NIS implementation
Netcen developing MoUs
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Implement legal instruments?
- discuss options internally - involved Defra
legal team

• liaison with Defra
• develop MoUs for Key Data Providers
• MoUs build on close working realtionship between
  Netcen and KDPs

• degree of formalisation
• legal character (MoUs)

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Experiences of and plans for the establishing the
UK NIS

• Implementation
• UK working on NIS implementation since 2003
• Resources
• Significant resources needed, delivered and still
  being delivered
• Degree of formalisation
• Are MoUs strict enough to ensure data delivery?
• Legal instruments might be required
• Effects of the EU ETS on data delivery
• Data reporting requirements of ETS has impacted
  on GHG key data providers
• Some Key Data Providers more sceptical of GHG
  data use
• Need to closely couple data delivery of ETS and
  NIS

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Official consideration approval
Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
Jan Feb Mar Apr May
Jun Jul Aug
Data collection
National Inventory Report Preparation
Archiving
Database entry
Core Activity
Emission Calculation
Output (CRF)

• Inputs from all sector experts
• Content evolves following FCCC Expert Review Team
  comments and Peer Review comments
• Netcen co-ordinates
• Internal review
• Defra review

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Quality Assurance andQuality Control
Data Collection
QA/QC
Planning
UK NIS
Management
Web Site
Archiving
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IPCC definitions

• Quality Control
• A system to ensure regular adequate checking
• Quality Assurance
• A system of regular independent reviews
• Peer reviews
• In-depth reviews (FCCC)

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Quality ControlDocumentation referencing
Annual Data Flow
UNECE NFR
Raw Data
Emissions
Data Request
Compilation
Dissemination
UNFCCC CRF
Online Internal Documentation
Contacts DB Who, What, When
Methodology Reports

• -Full reference
• -Calculation Method
• -Compilation Procedure
• Responsibilities
• Record of Change

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QA/QC programme and plan
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Quality Assurance activities 2002-2005

• Verification of the halocarbon inventory
• UK Met. Office
• Review of halocarbon estimates
• Netcen
• Peer Review of fuel combustion sources of CO2
• Tim Simmons
• Review of landfill CH4 emissions
• Nottingham University
• Agriculture Peer Review
• Prof Ulrich Daemmgen (FAL, Germany) and Ulrike
  Doering (UBA, Germany)
• ISO 9002 2000 audit by Lloyds

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UK NIS Web Site
Data Collection
QA/QC
Planning
UK NIS
Management
Web Site
Archiving
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Acknowledgements

• The UK GHG inventory is funded by UK Defra and
  the Devolved Administrations
• UK Defra
• Jim Penman Head Response Strategies
• Susan Donaldson GHG Science Advisor
• Joanne Halliday GHG Science Advisor
• Netcen
• Glen Thistlethwaite UK NIS development
• Justin Goodwin Netcen Inventory Champion

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• Supplementary information

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Overview of NIS compliance
Requirement Existing arrangements Development needed
Single National EntityDesignate Single National Entity with overall responsibility for the inventory. Make available the postal and electronic addresses of that national entity. UK Defra (GA) currently has overall responsibility. Netcen is the inventory agency. Formal designation required for UK Defra in progress.
NIS Organisational Structure, Responsibilities, Legal Procedural BasisEstablish maintain the institutional, legal and procedural arrangements for NIS functions. Include the definition of specific responsibilities between government agencies and other entities (e.g. on choice of methods, activity data, emission factors, QA/QC). UK Defra (GA) manages contracts with Netcen, CEH, IGER and others. Data providers include DTI, EA, DfT, UKOOA, UKPIA, Defra (other), FC, ODPM and Industry sectors. Formal agreements with key data providers to guarantee quality, timeliness and format of data required by Netcen. Well advanced - UK considering Memoranda of Understanding and also legal basis. Each Key Data Provider needs to review its legal and resourcing issues regarding delivery of data to Defra and inform Defra of required development of data acquisition reporting systems, resources and legal framework to fulfil NIS requirement.
Establish processes for official consideration and approval prior to submission Netcen clears NIR and CRF via Defra before submission to UNFCCC. Further early review of provisional inventory with Key Data Providers may be needed. Comments on time series consistency and magnitude of emissions.


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Overview of NIS compliance
Requirement Existing arrangements Development needed
Resources of Inventory Agency Key Data ProvidersThe NIS should ensure sufficient capacity for rigorous timely performance of Inventory Agency KDP functions includingData collection, data processing, data reporting, QA/QC, technical competence of staff, audit review, continuous review Clearly defined annual cycles of data provision in place (e.g. energy statistics) in the UK. Single National Entity sufficiently resourced to carry their roles. Inventory Agency under contract to Defra Short internal reviews to confirm resourcing position and strengthen systems where appropriate.
Planning Management of GHGI ProcessEstablish a NIS that ensures that inventory activities are planned, prepared and managed to ensure compliant performance of functions such as data collection, method emission factor selection, uncertainty assessment, QA/QC, inventory review. Strong and well defined planning and management process in place Sufficient capacity for timely performance of functions (including data collection and technical competence of staff) Review of current NIS system prior to implementation of the UK NIS.
Peer Expert Review Process Two reviews to date CO2 from fuel combustion and agricultural sector Currently implementing the recommendations of these reviews completed prior to fixing our Assigned Amount.
GHG Estimation MethodsFollow IPCC 1996 guidelines and 2000 Good Practice Guidance Preparation of inventory estimates in accordance with IPCC guidelines and good practice guidance Review prior to 2006 NIR, and selective implementation of recommendations of the Peer Reviews.

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Overview of NIS compliance
Requirement Existing arrangements Development needed
QA System Requirement - Key Data Provider Data Schedules to define format, quality, timeliness, security Establish clearly defined detailed schedules to describe the requirements of data provision by KDPs, to include-format, timeliness of delivery, QA/QC requirements, security of data provision Work to generate Memoranda of Understanding well advanced. MoUs developed for all Key Data Providers. Formalise MoUs may choose legal instrument to secure data provision instead.
QA System Requirement - Documentation ArchivingMaintain a system of clear documentation archiving to ensure transparency of data flows from raw data through inventory compilation to reporting. Inventory management Archive all relevant inventory information (AD, EFs, documentation outlining assumptions, methods etc) in a single location. Include internal documents on QA/QC procedures, external and internal reviews, annual key sources, key source identification and planned inventory improvements. Clear data archiving in single location will facilitate Art. 8 reviews of inventory data. Advanced, tested and externally inspected system in place. Two key databases inventory database, and contacts database. Inventory locked and all relevant information archived each year after the inventory is completed. Review system and check for any compliance gaps.



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Overview of NIS compliance
Requirement Existing arrangements Development needed
QA System Requirement IPCC Guidance, Tier 1 Tier 2 QC Procedures Implement general inventory QC procedures (Tier 1) in accordance with QA/QC plan and IPCC guidance, and conduct source category specific QC procedures (Tier 2) to key source categories or where significant revisions have been made. Most procedures already in place. Review and checks for any compliance gaps.
NIS reporting requirements (280/2004/EC, Art.3.1, and the Implementing Provisions for this see also the timescale for MS reporting obligations in Annex VI of the Implementing Provisions, and the description of reporting requirements of supplementary information under Art. 7 para 2 in the Marrakech Accords.) Reporting of QA/QC activities and status of NIS are included within the NIR. New Annex to summarise the UK NIS current status and development work.



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Quality manual

• On-line manual
• Contains instructions on all aspects of inventory
  responsibilities including
• compiling the inventory
• reporting the inventory
• QA/QC section explaining what checks need to be
  carried out and when
• Induction training for new staff
• UK inventory system
• Outputs
• QA/QC
• Methods overview
• Databases internal systems

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Quality control

• Recalculation
• Revisions to methodologies mean emissions for all
  previous years re-calculated
• Uncertainties
• Assessment made following IPCC good practice
  guidelines (Tier 1/2)
• Computer records
• For key databases, 60 minute rolling backup
• QA/QC of data suppliers
• Requesting details of procedures from data
  suppliers
• One-to-One meetings with major data providers