CCXG Forum, September 2020, Rueanna Haynes
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This document discusses options for transparently reporting the use of flexibility in Common Reporting Tables (CRTs) and National Inventory Documents (NIDs) in accordance with the Paris Agreement. It considers: 1) Using notation keys or documentation boxes to indicate flexibility while avoiding deleting rows/columns. 2) Developing new notation keys to differentiate flexibility for developing countries from other options. 3) Including a summary table in the Biennial Transparency Report listing the provision, how flexibility was applied, capacity constraints, and timeframes for improvements. 4) Using a fixed-row table listing all provisions where flexibility can be used and whether each party has applied flexibility there. This promotes comparability but may miss some
CCXG Forum, September 2020, Rueanna Haynes
- 1. Common Reporting Tables (CRTs) for GHG inventories - Part II – Operationalising Flexibility OECD/CCXG 15 September 2020 Rueanna Haynes
- 2. How can Parties transparently report on the use of flexibility within CRTs and/or the National Inventory Document (NID)? Deleting rows and columns would not be a transparent means of indicating the use of flexibility There are many options to be explored for indicating flexibility - these can be combined in different ways specific to particular provisions. For example combining the use of notation keys with documentation boxes to provide additional information in line with the provisions of 18/CMA.1 New notation keys could be developed to differentiate between the application of flexibility available to developing countries that need it in light of their capacities and other types of flexibility options available for a specific provision etc
- 3. How can Parties operationalise flexibility within CRTs while promoting TACCC principles and facilitating the Technical Expert Review (TER) of information? AOSIS has proposed a summary table for flexibility to be included in the BTR as follows: Provision in MPGs to which flexibility has been applied (Heading of MPG section /sub-section) How has flexibility been applied? Concise clarification of capacity constraints (What other provisions do these capacity constraints apply to?) Estimated time- frame for improvements in relation to capacity constraints (What is needed to overcome capacity constraint/basis for time-frame for improvement) Para 29 Uncertainty assessment Estimate of uncertainty for a key category only qualitatively discussed (no quantitative estimate submitted) Unavailability of data for solid waste key category 23 – tier approaches 44 – reporting on uncertainty analysis 48 – reported sectors and gases 57 and 58 – series Party aims at including within the next 5 years* Resources for improving national data collection systems * Dependent on receipt of relevant resources for improving data collection
- 4. How can Parties operationalise flexibility within CRTs while promoting TACCC principles and facilitating the Technical Expert Review (TER) of information? The OECD CCXG Table 7 (option 2) lists out the provisions to which flexibility can be applied, and Parties would then fill in whether they have or have not made use of flexibilities in each case. This means the table is a fixed number of rows, and would be used by all Parties. To support such an option we would need to ensure that there are no rows missing (i.e. all provisions for which flexibility can be used are listed). The advantage would be increased comparability between Parties’ reports. The OECD CCXG Figure 29 (option 3) shows how information on the use of flexibility could be reported in a completeness table with information on notation keys. This option would not be suitable for all flexibility provisions (e.g. the application of flexibility with respect to reporting years (provisions 57 / 58), uncertainty analysis (provision 29) and QA/QC (provisions 34 / 35)) Conveys less information overall
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