Transcript IRES and ESCM Updates by Alexander Blackburn of the UNSD

Alex Blackburn
UNSD
10th Oslo Group Meeting
10-13 May 2016
Aguascalientes, Mexico
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/energy
Overview
 IRES Finalisation (!)
 Changes since the Draft Version
 ESCM Draft
 ESCM additions and finalisation process
 Now What?
IRES
 “White Cover” publication available since February
at http://unstats.un.org/unsd/energy/ires/
 Official UN editing done (minor changes, not
reflected in White Cover version)
 Last piece of the puzzle: translation into other UN
languages. (Unofficial Arabic translation already
available, thanks to ESCWA)
Changes since the Draft
 SIEC is (nearly) untouched (only change was to
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nuclear fuels)
Minor changes to wording of energy industries and
statistical units chapters
Data quality chapter revised to agree with NQAF
Slight revisions to emissions section based on IPCC
and IEA comments
FAO provided updates on typical wood density
ESCM Developments
 After OG 9 most draft chapters were improved by UNSD
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and Statistics Canada, including some new text on data
quality.
Further country examples (UK, Austria, Canada, Australia,
Ghana, New Zealand, USA, South Africa,…) added
Process was then put on hold while IRES was finalised
The circulated draft (sent 27th April) is mainly for info, but
comments still welcome, relevant energy-specific country
examples still sought
UNSD plans three further improvements before its
finalisation:
HS to SIEC examples needed
 Many developing countries (esp. small islands) only
provide import data on a HS basis.
 How to translate this into IRES-compliant energy
statistics?
 We believe/hope OG members will have experience
of this issue and can help UNSD provide guidance
through quality country practices
 Relates to classifications, and data sources and
administrative data chapters
More estimation techniques
 Full energy balances with measured values for all
entries is a challenge for all countries; developing
countries shouldn’t be discouraged to try
 Examples of “pragmatic” estimation examples sought,
e.g.
 Split domestic/int’l aviation based on airport type (or on
intuition)
 Make assumptions about imports based on port, or
importing company
 Industrial consumption breakdown estimated using
administrative data
Addition on the SDG process
 A mention of the SDGs highlights the importance of
IRES-compliant energy balances for measuring 7.2 and
7.3
 7.1 (energy access) is not covered by the scope of
energy statistics, but might make an interesting
addition. Any OG countries monitor this
(electrification and use of clean cooking fuels)?
 7.2 and 7.3 both need energy balances and highlight
the importance of harmonised energy balances
(thanks IRES)
Manual Finalisation
 Comments on Zero Draft now welcome till June 3rd
 Publication expected in the Autumn, assuming more
country examples are received
Future work
 How can we encourage IRES to be implemented by
countries, particularly advanced countries with
established stats systems?
 UNSD has limited budget for training, but we promote
IRES whenever we can (e.g. China in two weeks)
 Always happy to support the work of the Oslo Group!