National System in Romania facts and challenges

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National System in Romania- facts and challenges
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• Mr. Vlad Trusca
• Ministry of Environment and Water Management
• - UNFCCC Workshop on National Systems -
• - 11 April 2005 -

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History

• UNFCCC signed in 1992-Rio Earth Summit
• ratified in 1994 by Law 24
• Kyoto Protocol signed in 1999
• ratified in 2001 by Law 3
• Romania first Annex I country that ratified
  the Kyoto Protocol
  
• Target 8 reduction of GHG emissions
• European Union Candidate Country - accession to
  the EU in 2007

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History - GHG Inventory

• The IInd National Communication (1999) -summary
  of GHG inventories for years 89-94
  
• December 2002 first submission of CRF tables
  for the period 1992-2000 and NIR
  
• May 2003 first submission in time of CRF tables
  for the period 1992-2001 and NIR
  
• Oct. 2003 in-country review (Bucharest)
• May 2004 submission of the inventories covering
  the entire time series 1989-2002 recalculated
  based on the in-country review
  
• Nov. 2004 desk review

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Last Inventory submitted
Source Romanias GHG Inventory submission 2004
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Institutional Arrangements

• Ministry of Environment and Water Mngmt. (MEWM) -
  NFP coordination and submission
  
• National RD Institute for Environmental
  Protection (ICIM Bucharest) GHG inventory
  (Energy, Ind.Proc, SolventOP, Agric., Waste)
  
• National Institute for Forest Research and
  Management (ICAS) LULUCF
  
• National Commission for Climate Change (NCCC)
  advice for approval

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Inventory Preparation

• Annual contract between MEWM and ICIM
• Sub-contractor ICAS (LULUCF)
• ICIM team consists of 2 full time experts
• Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines used for the
  entire time series from the first submission
  
• Apr. 2005 - GHG inventory is 80 ready
  recalculations of entire time series 8902
  
• New CRF reporter to be used in the 2005
  submission together with the new tables for the
  LULUCF

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National System

• NS exists but still needs improvements
• GD 586/2004 establishing National System for
  Integrated Assessment and Management of Air
  Quality (NSIAMAQ) legal framework for NS
  
• MEWM together with NEPA and ICIM is developing a
  methodology based on the GD 586/2004 procedural
  framework for the NS
  
• Based on the Annex to the Decision 20/CP.7
• General and specific functions
• 3 parts planning, preparation, management
• Considering also the EU Decision 280/2004/EC

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Data Collection (1)

• Entities involved GHG Inventory performed
  annually by ICIM NEPA supported by MEWM
  
• ICAS sub-contractor LULUCF
• Main activity data provider - National Institute
  for Statistics (NIS)
  
• Questionnaires submitted to producers, consumers,
  relevant industrial enterprises
  
• Ministries and local EPAs for data not available
  
  
• Human resources - 2 ex. ICIM, 1 ex. ICAS
• Internal cooperation based on a Memorandum signed
  between the MEWM and NIS

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Data Collection (2)

• Covering of all sectors and IPCC source categ.
• Official documents published annually by NIS
• Problems identified in the base year (1989) due
  to different statistical aggregation of AD
  
• Default EF used in general (lack of CS EF)
• Some CS EF in Energy Ind. Processes
• Uncertainty estimation not performed yet
• Lack of important activity data for Tier 2
  methods
  
• QA/QC plan to be developed in 2005

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Problems

• Lack of financial and human resources
• Lack of data in some sectors and activities (e.g.
  internal and intl. aviation) and for certain
  gases (HFCs and SF6)
  
• Inconsistency between Romanian and intl.
  statistical data (e.g. FAO, IEA)
  
• Using default EF and methodologies instead of
  country specific
  
• Internal cooperation between institutions
• Timing regarding data collection

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Future activities

• Finalizing the Strategy for Climate Change
  Related Activities and preparing the National
  Action Plan for Climate Change
  
• Approving methodology based on NSIAMAQ
• Testing the national system methodology for the
  next year submission
  
• Developing CS EF and methodologies
• Shifting to higher tier method for key sources
• More comprehensive NIR

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Thank youFor further information
contactVlad Trusca, MEWMemail
vlad_at_mappm.roIonela Draghici, ICIM
Bucharestemail draghici_at_icim.ro