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UNFCCC WORKSHOP ON NATIONAL SYSTEMS UNDER
ARTICLE 5, PARAGRAPH 1 OF THE KYOTO PROTOCOL
Mandate, objectives and proceedings

• 1112 April 2005 Wissenschaftszentrum, Bonn,
  Germany

Roberto Acosta Inventories subprogramme Methods,
Inventories and Science Programme UNFCCC
secretariat racosta_at_unfccc.int
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Mandate

• The SBSTA, at its nineteenth session,
  invited Parties to submit to the secretariat,
  information on national systems under Article 5.1
  of the Kyoto Protocol for the preparation of
  national GHG inventories.
• It requested the secretariat, subject to
  availability of resources, toorganize a workshop
  on this topic the first half of 2005. 
• It requested the secretariat to compile
  information on national systems for the
  preparation of national GHG inventories included
  in national inventory reports and inventory
  review reports as an input to this workshop, as
  part of its consideration of Articles 5, 7 and 8
  of the Kyoto Protocol.

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Background (I)

• Article 5.1 of the Kyoto Protocol establishes
  that Annex I Parties to the Protocol shall have
  in place a a national systems for the estimation
  of GHG emissions and removals.
• The guidelines for national systems under Article
  5.1 of the Kyoto Protocol were negotiated and
  recommended for adoption during the twelfth
  session of the SBSTA in 2000, well before all the
  other COP/MOP decisions.
• These guidelines were recommended for adoption,
  as part of the Marrakech accords, by its decision
  20/CP.7

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Background (II)

• Although national systems are only mandatory for
  Annex I Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, many other
  Parties have developed national systems for
  better preparing their national GHG inventories.
• Article 4 of the Convention states that all
  Parties shall develop, periodically update,
  publish and make available to the COP national
  GHG inventories .
• Annex I Parties shall prepare annual GHG
  inventories in accordance with provisions of
  decision 18/CP.8. Non-Annex I Parties shall
  include GHG inventories in their national
  communication in accordance with provisions of
  decision 17/CP.8.

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Objectives (I)

• Provide Parties with an opportunity to exchange
  experiences regarding the development and
  implementation of national systems for the
  preparation of greenhouse gas inventories. This
  exchange will be mainly focused on the experience
  of Annex I Parties.
• This exchange will cover both general and
  specific functions of national systems, such as
  institutional arrangements, QA/QC, and data
  collection.

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Objectives (II)
This is an exchange of experiences in a
workshop requested by the SBSTA. This is a
technical workshop, not a negotiation session
The guidelines of national systems were
negotiated and recommended for adoption by the
COP to the COP/MOP a long time ago and they are
not open to any renegotiation.

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Proceedings (I)

• 69 participants
• 64 representatives from 51
  Parties
• 2 representatives from the
  IPCC
• 3 representatives from 2 NGOs
• Non-Annex I Parties whose representatives should
  be funded were selected by the regional groups in
  Buenos Aires and by the Chairman of the SBSTA in
  the case of absence of a regional group.
• Some additional resources were sought to extend
  the invitation to the workshop to lead reviewers
  of non-Annex I Parties who are also
  representatives of their Parties in the SBs
  and/or COP, upon approval of their national focal
  points.

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Proceedings (II)

• Development
• Representatives from Parties will make short
  presentations (25!!!) on their experience with
  specific or general aspects of their national
  systems, following a general discussion.
• Facilitators will chair the sessions, including
  time control PLEASE, HELP THEM WITH BRIEF
  PRESENTATIONS AND INTERVENTIONS and will
  present a short summary of the deliberations at
  the wrap-up session.
• The facilitators were selected in coordination
  with the Chairman of the SBSTA. They are
• Ms. Maria Paz Cigaran (Peru) and Mr. Art
  Jaques (Canada)

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Proceedings (III)

• Outcome (1)
• It is expected that the exchange of the
  experiences will
• assist Parties in the further development of
  their national systems
• facilitate Annex I Parties to the Kyoto Protocol,
  to fulfill their commitments to have in place
  national systems, in accordance with the
  guidelines for national systems under Article
  5.1, no later than 1st of January 2007.

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Proceedings (IV)

• Outcome (2)
• It is expected that this exchange will also
  indicate the flexibility Parties may have to
  develop their national systems
• each national system of Annex I Parties to the
  Kyoto Protocol shall perform the mandatory
  functions requested by the national systems
  guidelines, and it should perform the other
  non-mandatory functions described in the
  guidelines.
• each of these Parties may choose different ways
  or institutional arrangements to perform these
  functions, provided that the prepared and
  submitted inventories conform with the IPCC
  Guidelines/good practice guidance, as well as
  with the UNFCCC reporting guidelines.

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Proceedings (V)

• Outcome (3)
• The deliberations of this workshop will assist
  the secretariat to prepare the e-learning
  training course to review national systems
  requested by decision 21/CP.9
• The secretariat will publish submissions,
  presentations and papers provided by Parties on
  its website.
• The secretariat, with the assistance of the
  facilitators, will prepare a report of the
  workshop for the 23th session of the SBSTA.