National Inventory System in Finland Workshop on QC and QA of GHG Inventories and the Establishment...

National Inventory System in Finland

Workshop on QC and QA of GHG Inventories and the Establishment of National Inventory Systems

2-3 September 2004, Copenhagen

27.08.2004 2GHG Inventory Unit / LR

Outline of the presentation

•Climate Strategy preparation and reporting system in Finland•GHG inventory project in Statistics Finland•Quality strategy for the GHG inventory system in Finland•Quality management: Practical solutions to requirements of the UNFCCC Decision 20/CP.7. •National system for inventory preparation and reporting in Finland•Annual inventory process•Quality management process of GHG inventory•Quality programme 2004 (general inventory level)


Climate Strategy preparation and reporting system in Finlandaccording to the Decision in principle of the Government of 30 January 2003 defining the tasks of different authorities in national climate policy

Climate strategy formulationGovernment, Ministerial working group, Co-ordinating Contact Network in the administration

Ministries: Trade and Industry, Environment, Forestry and Agriculture, Transport and Communications, Finance, Foreign Affairs

National System for GHG inventory and reportingStatistics Finland (Single National Entity)Expert Organisations

Finnish Environmental Institute, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Agrifood Research Finland, Technical Research Centre of Finland

Emission trading and registerEnergy Market Authority

EC GHG Monitoring MechanismCommission, Climate Change Committee

UNFCCC,Kyoto Protocol


Kari GrönforsCo-ordination and

development of inventory

Leena RaittinenQuality management

Mirja KosonenProject Manager,

Legal and contractual basis of the inventory system

GHG inventory project in Statistics Finland

Tuija LapveteläinenNIR-reporting and

media communications

Kai SkoglundCRF-tables, reporting

Mikko ÄikäsInventory databases

An ongoing project will establish the operating conditions for the National inventory unit at Statistics Finland and institutethe National inventory system by the end of 2004.

www.stat.fi/greenhousegases


Quality strategy for the GHG inventory system in Finland

Documentation Documentation

quality requirements for the GHG inventory are integrated to the National system & annual inventory process

no separate QM system

Statistics Finland has the overall responsibility of the quality of the inventory; co-ordinates the QM activities

all parties of the national system are responsible for the quality of their own inventory calculations

documentation provides confidence in the conformity of the system to the requirements

Implementation

National systemAnnual inventory

process

Requirements


Quality management: Practical solutions to requirements of the UNFCCC Decision 20/CP.7. (Paragraphs 11-17: Specific functions for National Systems)

A systematic inventory process is generated to ensure the continual improvement of the inventory

The different Parties of the inventory and their responsibilities are identified Quality objectives are set and recorded QC and QA activities are planned and written down as the QA/QC plan It is confirmed that the Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines and the IPCC good practice

guidance are followed in identifying key source categories, preparation of emission estimates, uncertainty assessments, recalculations and QC and QA

The planned general Tier 1 QC procedures (and where possible, source category-specific Tier 2 QC procedures) are implemented

The planned inventory evaluations are made (preferably by an independent third party) before the submission of the inventory

The inventory is documented and archived to facilitate its replication and assessment Inventory review processes are enabled


National system for inventory preparation and reporting in Finland

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Responsible national entityStatistics Finland

Agreements on inventory:

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Transport Technical Research Centre of

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F-gasesWaste

Finnish Environmental Institute

Agriculture Agrifood Research Finland

Land use change and forestryFinnish Forest Institute

EnergyIndustrial Processes

Compilation and reporting of the inventory

EC MonitoringMechanism& UNFCCC

Co-operation with Government ministries

participating in the preparation of climate policy

Administrative information:

Environmental permits,Emission trading,Traffic


Annual inventory process

InventoryPlanning

InventoryPreparation

InventoryEvaluation

InventoryImprovement

• collecting activity data• estimating GHG emissions and removals• implementing uncertainty assessment• implementing QC checks• documenting end archiving inventory material

• setting quality objectives• specifying necessary processes and resources to fulfil the quality objectives• selecting methods and emission factors

• implementing QA activities (review procedures)• carrying out procedures for theverification of the inventory data at the national level

• assessing the effectiveness of the inventory system • conclusions for future action

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Quality management process of GHG inventory

Setting of quality objectivesUNFCCC Decision 20/CP.7.

What standard do we aim forin fulfilling each quality requirement? A quality objective is •Annual•Concrete•Achievable•Measurable.

Planning and implementation of quality control (QC)IPCC GPG Chapter 8 & 2-5UNFCCC Decision 20/CP.7.

Actions aimed at attainment of the quality objectives, such as:•Routine checks of the integrity, correctness and completeness of data•Identification of errors and deficiencies•Documentation and archiving of inventory data and quality control actions.

Planning and implementation ofquality assurance (QA)IPCC GPG Chapter 8 &2-5UNFCCC Dec.20/CP.7.

Inspections, reviews, and audits to ascertain thestandard reached inmeeting the quality objectives.

Improvement of qualityUNFCCC Decision 20/CP.7.

Results from Quality Control and QualityAssurance, and analyses of observations are utilised to draw conclusions based on facts about actions that are required to improve inventory quality (= i.e. its capability to meet the set requirements).

Quality of GHG inventory = capability of the inventory to meet its requirements

Quality objectives for annual inventoryWhat standarddo we aim for?

Quality control plan for annual inventoryHow do we intend to reach the targets?

Descriptions andrecords generatedby quality control actionsWhat outputs andresults did weproduce?

Inventory improvement planWhat improvement actions should we take?

Quality assuranceplan for annualinventoryHow will the inventory be evaluated?

Inspection, review and auditreportsDid we succeed?

Archive of inventory data and CRFtables

Quality requirements for GHG Inventory: UNFCCC Decision 20/CP.7, Council Decision 2004/280/ECTransparency Consistency Comparability Completeness Accuracy Timeliness Definition of the contents of the quality requirements: UNFCCC Decision 18/CP.8.


Quality programme 2004 (general inventory level)

Objectives ActivitiesThe project for the establishment of GHG inventory unit in Statistics Finland

Definition and allocation of specific responsibilities in the inventory

Agreements on the inventory with the agencies and institutions, which belong to the National inventory system

Identification and documentation of Calculation protocols (the actual system for producing the CRF-sectoral inventories)

Documentation of National system

Identification and documentation of inventory compilation and reporting process

Improvement of transparency of the inventory to meet the requirements

Documentation of the CRF-sectoral inventories (organisation, work process, methodology, uncertainty estimation, recalculations, quality programme, improvement plan, documentation and archiving)Adoption of the principle of continuous

improvement

Establishment of National inventory system

Familiarisation of the Finnish inventory experts with the international guidelines concerning GHG inventories (and analysis of the gap between the requirements and the actual inventory procedures in Finland)

Formation and working of the QA/QC steering group consisting of inventory experts from expert organisations and chaired by QA/QC co-ordinator from Statistics Finland

Only general objectives were set in the situation of transitional arrangements until end 2004

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