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EEA priority data flow review of national submissions 2007 preliminary results. Katarina Mareckova, Elisabeth Kampel, Michael Gager, ETC-ACC (UBA-V) Dessau, May 2007. Main objectives of review (stage I + II).
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EEA priority data flow review of national submissions 2007preliminary results Katarina Mareckova, Elisabeth Kampel, Michael Gager, ETC-ACC (UBA-V) Dessau, May 2007
Main objectives of review (stage I + II) • Main objective of the review process is to encourage and support inventory improvements, the quality of national inventories (NECD and LRTAP submissions) Check inventory quality focusing at: • Transparency • Completeness (sources, pollutants, years) • Consistency ( sectors, countries, years) • Comparability (countries, years) In accordance with recommendation Annex III, of EB.AIR/GE.1/2005/7(UNECE 2005) Geographical coverage: LRTAP (east , west, EU)
Timeliness, Completeness- NECD inventories • Deadline for reporting for 25 MS: 31 Dec 2006 • 16 MS reported on time • 23 MS reported inventories 2004 and 2005 (minimum reporting) • 11 MS inventories in standardized NFR format • updated projections not provided by 3 MS, 1 MS provisional projections
NECD inventory sources used in report and review(status of 19 April 2007)
What is reviewed in stage II and how • What • LRTAP inventories, (IIR) • NECD inventories (2001/81/EC): • (EC GHG monitoring mechanism inventories, 280/2004/EC ) • Stage II testsperformed 2007 • Xpollutant test (additional sectors included in 2006) • Comparisons of different submissions CLRTAP/NECD with GHG inventories • Comparison of sectoral and national totals (NECD) • IEF test using the UNFCCC outlier tool (based on results of Key source analyses)
Cross pollutant test • Selected pollutants and sectors • Latest available inventory year: 2005 • Comparison to average ratios: • Eastern, and Western Europe – not to any model
Submissions comparison • CLRTAP/NECD with EC GHG monitoring mechanism • National totals (NOx, SOx, NMVOC, CO) • Years: all submitted years (1990-2005 where available, resp . 2004 and 2005 for NECD)
Implied emission factor test • Criteria for selection to the country report: • Trend - change of IEF between 2 years is > 50% • IEF out of range at least by order of magnitude • only for Key sources as identified for Eastern and Western Europe • all years 1990-2005 • IEF = Emission / Activity • Analysis with UNFCCC outlier tool- limited to EU27 MS Emission data reported under CLRTAP/NEC Most recent activity data reported under UNFCCC
Examples - IEF (time series) IEF sector 4D1, gas VOC
Challenges for review teams • Timeliness – (delayed reporting by almost 50% of countries, resubmissions..) • Completeness (not complete trends, missing sectoral emissions,… missing projections,..) • Comparability & Consistency • Formats – mainly NECD – more than half of MS do not report in standardized NFR format , projections not in NFR tables • Different reporting obligations by countries (EU/non-EU; A1/non- A1;.. • outliers, gaps • Transparency – (e.g. what is included – not included in national totals, projections WM or BAU?)
Conclusions /Recommendations • Review process needs to continue be a standard part of inventory cycle • Review process is time and resource demanding for countries and for ETC ACC/EMEP • Review procedures need further elaboration (e.g. automated outputs of tests, evaluation of usefulness, provision of scientific background, record keeping of comments,… ) • Reporting of countries improved
Questions for expert panels and countries Setting up priorities for the next review cycle • Do test help to identify problems in reported inventories? Which tests proved to be useful ? • Do we need all the tests? (increase efficiency, avoid double work,…) • Should we invent another type of testing ? Which elements of inventory are not covered by actual tests ? What other data can be used to make comparisons across countries? • Are east/west/EU averages and/or intervals useful for comparisons ? Another grouping of countries? • Scientific value of tests ? Can we provide explanation? • How much can be IIR used in Stage II • How meaningfully aggregate test results to indicate inventory quality – what can be part of Stage II what Stage III ?