MRV, Data Management and Registries

Technical Note(s), Event Material(s) and PMR Secretariat Update(s)

Technical Notes & Guides

• Guide for Designing Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Programs
•  Technical Note 4: Supporting GHG Mitigation Actions with Effective Data Management Systems 

Event Material(s)

• PMR Technical Training: Second MRV Regional Training Workshop (Latin America & Caribbean), Mexico City, Mexico (March 6-8, 2014)
• PMR Technical Training: First Regional MRV Technical Training (Asia), Beijing, China (September 23, 2013)
• PMR Technical Workshop: Modeling Tools & Data Reporting (October 21, 2012)
• PMR Technical Workshop: Baseline Setting and Registry Setup, Cologne, Germany Registries (May 27, 2012)

PMR Secretariat Update(s)

•  Update on the First Regional MRV Workshop  

Case Studies and Country Experience

• See World Resource Institute, The International Partnership on Mitigation and Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV): Lessons and Next Steps, 2011
• See Examples of Countries' UNFCCC National Registries
• See World Resources institute, Bottom Line on GHG Emissions Registries, 2008
• See World Resources Institute, Bottom Line on Corporate GHG Inventories, 2008
•  Environmental Defense Fund, A Roadmap to Corporate GHG Programs, 2010

Argentina

A presentation from the Second MRV Regional Training Workshop (Latin America & Caribbean), Mexico City, Mexico (March 6-8, 2014)

• MRV of NAMAs in Argentina [Español]

Australia

• Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE), National Greenhouse Accounts Factors, 2012

Brazil

A presentation from the Second MRV Regional Training Workshop (Latin America & Caribbean), Mexico City, Mexico (March 6-8, 2014)

•  GHG Registry in the State of Minas Gerais 

Chile

Presentations from the Second MRV Regional Training Workshop (Latin America & Caribbean), Mexico City, Mexico (March 6-8, 2014)

• MRV of NAMAs in Chile [Español]
•  MRV Facilities in Chile [Español]

China

• World Bank, Issues and Options for Measurement and Verification in Energy Efficiency, 2013 and presentation

A presentation from the Second MRV Regional Training Workshop (Latin America & Caribbean), Mexico City, Mexico (March 6-8, 2014)

•  Chinese MRV Practice at Enterprise Level

Colombia

A presentation from the Second MRV Regional Training Workshop (Latin America & Caribbean), Mexico City, Mexico (March 6-8, 2014)

• MRV System of Colombian Low Carbon Development Strategy [Español]

Germany

Presentations from the Second MRV Regional Training Workshop (Latin America & Caribbean), Mexico City, Mexico (March 6-8, 2014)

• MRV for the EU ETS and Domestic Offset Projects: Experiences from Germany
•  Key Features of GHG Reporting Program Design at Facility Level [Español]

Mexico

Presentations from the Second MRV Regional Training Workshop (Latin America & Caribbean), Mexico City, Mexico (March 6-8, 2014)

• National MRV System (INECC) [Español]
• National MRV System (SEMARNAT) [Español]
• National Registry of NAMA  [Español]
•  National Registry of Emissions [Español]

United States

• See Environmental Protection Agency, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emission and Sinks: 1990-2011, 2013
• See World Resources Institute, Designing a U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Registry, 2009

Presentations from the Second MRV Regional Training Workshop (Latin America & Caribbean), Mexico City, Mexico (March 6-8, 2014)

• MRV of NAMAs as a Key Element of National MRV Systems
•  US. EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program

Link(s) to General Resources

• See OECD's catalogue of resources on MRV for GHG Mitigation
• See Okoe-Institute, Solving the MRV Challenge for New Market Mechanisms: What Can the Past Teach Us?,, 2011
• See OECD, Keeping Track: Options to Develop International Greenhouse Gas Unit Accounting after 2012, 2011
• See the Pew Charitable Trusts, Measurement, Reporting, and Verification in a Post-2012 Climate Agreement, 2009