Third Regional MRV Technical Training (September 2014)
The training covered methods used to monitor emissions at the national and facility levels, and explored opportunities to enhance MRV frameworks in PMR countries, including NAMAs. It also reviewed GHG data management and registry infrastructure systems that support GHG monitoring and reporting needs, as well as verification approaches for countries to consider when developing MRV systems. Representatives from Jordan, Kazakhstan, Morocco, South Africa, Tunisia, Turkey, and Ukraine participated.
Date:
Sep 17 - 19, 2014
Venue:
Izmir, Turkey
| Day 1: September 17, 2014 | ||
| 8:30 | Registration | |
| 1. Opening and Introduction | ||
| 9:00 | ||
| Chair: Xueman Wang, Team Leader, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Mustafa Sahin, Advisor to the Minister , Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, Republic of Turkey | ||
| Pierre Guigon, PMR Secretariat | ||
| I. Monitoring GHG Emissions Across Scales | ||
| During the first day, participants reviewed methods used to monitor emissions at the national and facility levels, and explored similarities and differences to inform the development and enhancement of MRV frameworks across levels in PMR country participants, including NAMAs. There was a discussions on methodologies to quantify GHG emissions. | ||
| 2. Monitoring GHG Emissions at the National Level | ||
| 9:45 | ||
| Facilitator: Pauline Kennedy, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Guillaume Jacquier, CITEPA | ||
| National GHG Inventories: Overview and Methodologies | ||
| 10:30 | Break | |
| 10:45 | ||
| Fatma Betül Baygüven, Turkish Statistics Institute, Republic of Turkey | ||
| Turkey: National GHG Inventory | ||
| Afef Jaafar, National Agency for Energy Conservation, Tunisia | ||
| Tunisian: Status and Challenges with Monitoring National GHG Emissions | ||
| Mudzunga Thangavhuelelo, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa | ||
| South Africa: Monitoring National GHG Emissions | ||
| Olga Yukhymchuk, State Environmental Investment Agency, Ukraine | ||
| Li Peng, SinoCarbon, China | ||
| China: Status and Challenges to Monitoring National GHG Emissions |
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| 12:15 | Lunch | |
| 3. Monitoring GHG Emissions at the Facility Levels | ||
| Introduction, overview, and methodologies to Facility-level MRV Programs. | ||
| 13:30 | ||
| Neelam Singh, World Resources Institute | ||
| Introduction to Facility-Level MRV Programs | ||
| Emelia Holdaway, Ricardo-AEA | ||
| Monitoring Facility-Level MRV Emissions: Overview and Methodology |
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| Country Case Studies: Status and Challenges with Monitoring Facility-Level GHG Emissions. | ||
| 14:15 | ||
| Doris Tharan, German Emissions Trading Authority, Germany | ||
| Germany: Monitoring GHG Emissions at the Facility Level | ||
| Tuba Seyyah, Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, Republic of Turkey | ||
| Turkey: Status and Challenges Monitoring Facility-Level Emissions | ||
| Li Peng, SinoCarbon, China | ||
| China: Status and Challenges Monitoring Facility-Level Emissions | ||
| Mudzunga Thangavhuelelo, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa | ||
| South Africa: Monitoring Facility-Level Emissions | ||
| Kong Chiu, Environmental Protection Agency, United States | ||
| United States: Overview and Lessons Learned from U.S. GHG Reporting Program | ||
| Aigerim Yergabulova, Ministry of Energy, Kazakhstan | ||
| Kazakhstan: ETS - Status and Challenges of MRV | ||
| 15:30 | Break | |
| Participants examined existing GHG monitoring and quantification methodologies and assessed how these can be applied at a country level. | ||
| 15:45 | ||
| Group Exercise: Using Existing Frameworks for New Domestic Facility-Level Programs | ||
| Exercise 1: Installation-Level Monitoring Methodologies | ||
| 4. Looking Forward: Monitoring GHG Emissions Across Scales - Facility, National, and NAMA | ||
| 16:45 | ||
| Guillaume Jacquier, CITEPA | ||
| Enhancing National GHG Inventories with Facility-Level Data | ||
| Emelia Holdaway, Ricardo-AEA | ||
| MRV for NAMAs | ||
| Neelam Singh, World Resources Institute | ||
| New GHG Protocol Standards | ||
| 18:00 | Wrap up | |
| End of Day 1 | ||
| Day 2: March 7, 2014 | ||
| II. GHG Data Management and Supporting Registry Infrastructure | ||
| During the second day, participants learned about processes and infrastructure to support GHG monitoring and reporting needs. They also discussed options for designing systems to meet policy objectives of MRV programs. | ||
| 9:00 | ||
| Facilitator: Pierre Guigon, PMR Secretariat | ||
| 5. Building Data Management Systems to Meet Policy Objectives | ||
| Introduction and four country case studies with examples of country data management systems and lessons learned. | ||
| 9:30 | ||
| Guillaume Jacquier, CITEPA | ||
| GHG Registry Development: Overview of project Planning and Costs | ||
| 10:30 | Break | |
| 10:45 | ||
| Tuğba İçmeli, Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, Republic of Turkey | ||
| Turkey: MRV Data Management System | ||
| Afef Jaafar, National Agency for Energy Conservation, Tunisia | ||
| Tunisia: Data Management System and Lessons Learned | ||
| Kong Chiu, Environmental Protection Agency, United States | ||
| United States: Electronic GHG Data Collection and Management - Some Key Insights | ||
| Li Peng, SinoCarbon, China | ||
| China: Data Management System and Lessons Learned | ||
| 12:15 | Lunch | |
| Participants discuseds and examined the architecture and requirements of domestic data management systems to fit local circumstances and policy objectives in groups. | ||
| 14:00 | ||
| Group Exercise: Identifying Data Management Needs to Define Registry Architecture | ||
| Exercise 2: Identifying Data Management Needs to Define Registry Architecture | ||
| 15:30 | Break | |
| 6. Looking Forward: Registry Needs for New Domestic and International Developments | ||
| 15:45 | ||
| Li Peng, SinoCarbon, China | ||
| China: A Survey of the MRV Systems for China’s ETS Pilots | ||
| Guillaume Jacquier, CITEPA | ||
| Accounting for NAMAs in a National GHG Inventory | ||
| 17:30 | Wrap up | |
| End of Day 2 | ||
| Day 3: March 8, 2014 | ||
| III. Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Verification | ||
| This half day provided information on the types of QA/QC and verification approaches. Participants also discussed trade-offs for countries to consider when developing MRV systems. | ||
| 9:00 | ||
| Facilitator: Pauline Kennedy, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Neelam Singh, World Resources Institute | ||
| Quality Assurance (QA)/ Quality Control (QC) & Verification | ||
| 7. QA/QC and Verification Operations at the Facility Level | ||
| QA/QC and Verification Operations at the Facility Level and Accreditation of Third Party Auditors. | ||
| 9:30 | ||
| Emelia Holdaway, Ricardo-AEA | ||
| QA/QC and Verfication at the Facility Level and Accreditation of the Third-party Auditors |
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| Doris Tharan, German Emissions Trading Authority, Germany | ||
| Germany: QA, QC, and Verification | ||
| Li Peng, SinoCarbon, China | ||
| China: QA/QC Operations at the Facility-Level | ||
| Kong Chiu, Environmental Protection Agency, United States | ||
| United States: Data Verification | ||
| 10:30 | Break | |
| 8. QA/QC and Verification Operations at the National Level | ||
| QA/QC Operations on the National GHG Inventory and Data Management System. | ||
| 10:45 | ||
| Guillaume Jacquier, CITEPA | ||
| QA/QC Operations of the National GHG Inventory and Data Management System | ||
| Aynur Tokel, Turkish Statistics Institute | ||
| Mudzunga Thangavhuelelo, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa | ||
| South Africa: Data Management System and QA/QC Operations | ||
| 9. Looking Forward: QA/QC and Verification Operations at the NAMA Level | ||
| 11:45 | ||
| Emelia Holdaway, Ricardo-AEA | ||
| 12:15 | Feedback and Wrap up | |
| 13:00 | Lunch | |
| End of workshop | ||
