1. Proposal for a ‘session-cluster’ on improving GHG
inventories
Adrian Leip
23/01/2014 – webinar discussion
EC-JRC-IES-MARS- AgriEnv Action - Integration of Environment into Agriculture
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2. Background
• New guidelines due for 2015 reporting – good opportunity
• Explicit request by UNFCCC review of the EU GHG inventory that DG
CLIMA/JRC engages with EU countries to improve inventories
• UK GHG platform to share experiences
• NCGG7 conference attracts key scientists and provides ideal platform
for high-level discussions (both scientific/inventory experts)
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3. Basic idea
• Combine different session types into a ‘cluster’
Scientific: Scientific NCGG sessions with key presentations
• As ‘normal’ part of NCGG7
National: Dedicated for exchange of national experience/ideas
• mainly for EC-GHG inventory WG1 participants
• open to everybody
Breakout: in-depth discussion of specific topics
• Linked to key presentations
• Topics linked to key presentations
Plenary of Inventory session cluster: final discussion/conclusions
• Reporting-back from the breakout sessions
• Outcome: report? paper? Recommendations addressing whom?
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4. Scientific NCGG sessions with key presentations
• Two sessions
1. Improving and building a national agricultural GHG emission
inventory (DEFRA/CEH)
2. Feasibility of a Tier 2 / Tier 3 approach for N2O emissions from
agricultural soils
• Highest share of uncertainty in the agriculture sector
• Largest ‘methodological gap’ ie mainly Tier 1 used despite being key category
• Scientifically very challenging: bridging scales, approaches, techniques
• Target presenters key experts
• Presentations of review/overview type
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5. National: Dedicated for exchange of national
experience/ideas
Mixed type of presentations/standard
Countries allowed to present own approach even if not finalised /
open questions
Brief focused presentations focusing on a specific issue / raising a
point / being provocative possible
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6. Breakout: in-depth discussion of specific topics
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7. Plenary of Inventory session cluster: final
discussion/conclusions
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8. Questions
• ‘Recruit’ appropriate speaker
Session S1 already ok
Session S2 needs to be done: extended deadline (1st March?) Possibly
use available submissions
Session N: combination of
• submissions (extended deadline)
• ad-hoc (very) short presentations on single issues – no formal deadline
• Key presenters (S1 and S2) will be asked to chair break-out groups
Participation to different groups should be organized in advance
• Website – access to it on-site for late-comers
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9. Infrastructure / logistics
• Additional requirements:
Normal rooms for sessions S, N, and P
Space for small break-out discussions for session B
• Questions:
Will it be possible to register for this event only?
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10. CAPRIspatial
Available data: activities (areas by crop, yield, livestock number/density) and
farm input (manure, mineral fertiliser, irrigation share), GHG and Nr flows
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