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Identification of overlapping and unique
information in the biennial reports, national
communications and GHG inventories
First technical workshop on the revision of the guidelines for the review of biennial reports
and national communications, including national inventory reviews for developed country
Parties. Bonn, 7 October 2013
Ruta Bubniene, Programme Officer
UNFCCC secretariat, programme
Mandate for reporting of NC6 and BR1
Reporting requirements:
• Common tabular format for “UNFCCC biennial reporting guidelines for
developed country Parties” (decision 19/CP.18)
• UNFCCC biennial reporting guidelines for developed country Parties (Annex,
decision 2/CP.17)
• For KP Parties: Guidelines for the preparation of the information under Art. 7 of
the Kyoto Protocol (Annex, decision 15/CMP.1). (The proposed approach does
not affect reporting on Article 7.2 that should continue in accordance with the
existing GL and annotated outline for NC5)
• UNFCCC reporting guidelines on national communications
(FCCC/CP/1999/7)
• Submission due date 1 January 2014 for NC6 (9/CP.16) and BR1 (2/CP.17)
GHG emissions and trends – fully overlapping information
National communication
Biennial report (BR)
Full overlap
III. GHG inventory information
II. Information on GHG emissions
and trends
Summary information, time-series (base
year/1990 - 2011), consistent with
inventory explanation of differences
(para.10)
Emission trend tables (para.11)
Summary information, Time-series
(base year/1990 - 2011) consistent with
inventory, explanation of differences
(para.2)
Table 1
(CRF table 10)
Descriptive summary, diagrams, factors
underlying emission trends (para.12)
Consistent with annual inventory (para
10.)
National inventory arrangements (NIA)
(para.3), Changes in NIA (para.3)
Policies and measures – partially overlapping information
National communication
Biennial report (BR)
Partial overlap
IV. Policies and measures
IV. C. Policy making process
IV.D PaMs and their effects
III. QEWER target
IV. Progress in achievement of QEWER
target
Policy context, targets (para.20)
Description of QEWER target (paras. 4,
5), CRF Table 2a-f
P&M and their effects (paras. 22, 23,
24,25)
Mitigation actions and their effects (para.
6), CRF Table 3
Unique info in NC6
Unique info in BR1
Description of progress monitoring
and evaluation of PaMs (para. 21)
Estimates of emission reductions
and removals and the use of units
from market based mechanisms and
ULUCF (paras. 9, 10), CRF Tables 4
Changes in domestic institutional
arrangements (para. 7)
P&M no longer in place(para.26)
To extent possible, information on
response measures (para. 8)
Projections – full overlapping information
National communication
Biennial report (BR)
Full overlap
V. Projections and the total effect
of PaMs
V. Projections
Description of projections for the
year 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020 (paras.
27-41)
Updated projections for 2020 and
2030 consistent with NC GLs (para.
11), CRF table 6
Methodology (paras. 42-46)
Changes in models or methodologies
(para. 12)
Key underlying assumptions
(para.47)
CRF table 5
Provision of financial resources – partially overlapping information
National communication
Biennial report (BR)
Partial overlap – more details in BR
VII. Financial resources and transfer of
technology
Finance
Information on provision of financial
resources (para. 50), New and additional’
(para. 51)
assistance to developing Parties that are
vulnerable to climate change (para 52);
Provision of financial, technological and
capacity building support consistent with
NC GLs section VII. Requirements; show
how the support is ‘new and additional”
(para 13)
Bilateral, regional and other channels
(tables 4, 5) (para. 53)
Allocation channels, sector, status, types
of instruments (paras. 17-18, 20), CRF
table 7
Support to meet specific needs arising
from response measures
Provision of financial resources – partially overlapping information
National communication
Biennial report (BR)
Partial overlap – more details in BR
Unique info in BR1 on finance
National approach for tracking the
provision of FTCB support (para. 14)
Description of methodology used
(para. 15)
To extent possible, how resources
address the needs of NAI Parties
(para.16)
To the extent possible on private
financial flows (para. 19)
Transfer of technology – fully overlapping information
National communication
Biennial report (BR)
Full overlap
VI. D. Activities related to
technology transfer
VII. B. Technology development
and transfer
Report details on measures […] for
transfer, access to environmentally
–sound technologies (para 54.);
provide info in Table 6, and on hard
and soft technologies (para 55.)
Report on measures .. to transfer,
access and the deployment of […]
climate –friendly technologies
(para. 21), CRF table 8
Clearly distinguish between
activities undertaken by public and
private sectors (para. 54)
To the extent possible the sources of
technology transfer from the public or
private sectors and shall distinguish
between activities undertaken by the
public and private sectors (para. 22)
Support development and
enhancement of endogenous
capacities and technologies (para.
56)
Support development and
enhancement of endogenous
capacities and technologies (para.
21)
Overlapping information
BR1 / NC6 overlapping
Description of quantified economy-wide emission reduction
(QEWER) target
GHG emissions and trends
PaMs
Projections and total effect of PaMs
Provision of financial and technological support to developing
country Parties
Unique info in NC6
Unique info in BR1
National circumstances
Level of detail in
describing QEWER target
Level of detail on finance
V&A
RSO
Education, training and
public awareness
Capacity building
Other reporting matters
Approaches to address the review of overlapping information
Three options of the structure of review report:
a) The technical assessment by technical content;
b) The technical assessment by reporting guidelines;
c) The technical assessment by reporting elements of the relevant
guidelines grouped by technical content.
The technical assessment by reporting elements of the relevant guidelines grouped by technical content
Part I. Overview: Assessment of completeness and transparency
Part II. Technical assessment of the reviewed elements for BR, NC and supplementary
information under the KP
A. GHG emissions and national circumstances
B. QEWER targets
C. PaMs
D. Projections and total effect of PaMs
E. Provision of financial, technological and capacity building support
Part III. Technical assessment of the reviewed elements specific for NC only
Part IV. Summary of the reviewed elements specific to KP only
Part V. Conclusions and recommendations
Conclusions
• BR is an elaboration of NC taking into account 10 years of experience of
reporting and review;
• BR requests greater level of details on QEWER target and on finance;
• Essential elements (GHG, PaMs, projections, support) fully or partially overlap
between NC and BR;
• Submitted NC6/BR1 by one Party proofs that information in BR1 and NC6
overlaps to great extent;
• Options to conduct reviews of NC6 and BR1 in conjunction and to review
identical information only once should be made operational