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Outline of the EU greenhouse gas emission trend report 1990-1999. Bernd Gugele Manfred Ritter. 10 May 2001. Outline of the presentation. General Data basis First results Summary and outlook. General (1). Legal basis
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Outline of the EU greenhouse gas emission trend report 1990-1999 Bernd Gugele Manfred Ritter 10 May 2001
Outline of the presentation • General • Data basis • First results • Summary and outlook
General (1) Legal basis • Monitoring Mechanism (Article 6): annual assessmentof actual and projected progress of EC and MS towards fulfilling their GHGcommitments • Guidelines: evaluation of actual progress • at EC and MS level • at sector level • use of indicators
General (2) Purpose • actual progress assessment under MM • update of EEA Topic Report No 6/2000 • focus on non-CO2 GHG emissions • more policy orientation by identifying relevant indicators
General (3) Approach • Identify consistent and comparable indicators based on primary data of MS (CRF) and Eurostat • Assess progress by calculating distance-to-target indicators • Assess trends of main driving forces • Assess trends at sectoral level • Identify promising trends of MS (step towards policy effectiveness assessment)
Data basis: EC inventory (1) The process of compiling the EC inventory
The Annual EC Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990-1999 Annex B • UNFCCC Summary Reports 1.A of the CRF format for EC Member StatesYears: 1990-1999 • available on the EEA website only Annex C • Member StatesCRF Tables including MS inventory reports • available on the EEA website only Introduction • The EC Monitoring Mechanism • The EC inventory methodology and data • Changes compared to the previous (2000) EC inventory Annex A • UNFCCC Summary Reports 1.A of the CRF format for the European Community (EU15)Years: 1990-1999 • available in printed and electronic version http://reports.eea.eu.int/Technical_report_No_60/en
Data basis: sectoral and p&m background data (1) Example: CRF
Data basis: sectoral and p&m background data (2) Example: Eurostat
Progress assessment: Member States Austria8.5 Belgium6.1 Denmark13.5 (4.9) Finland-1.1 France-0.2 Germany-9.3 Greece5.7 Ireland16.3 Italy7.3 Luxembourg -30.7 Netherlands8.8 Portugal10.2 Spain 16.5 Sweden-0.3 United Kingdom-8.4 EU15-0.4
Summary and outlook Aim of the report • Progress assessment • Overview of policy relevant trends by using consistent and comparable indicators based on primary data of the MS and Eurostat Future • Send to MS for comments by June • Finalise by July • Integrate Accession Countries next year • feasibility study by end of 2001