An IIR-Experiences from the UK

Chris DoreAEA Technology/NETCEN

5th Joint UNECE Task Force & EIONET Meeting 19-20th October 2004

IntroductionAn IIR- UK Experiences

1. A “Detailed” IIR2. A “Simpler” IIR3. Discussion Points

1. “Detailed” IIRAn IIR- UK Experiences

• Annual Reports from the UK Inventory– GHG NIR– UK Inventory Report (including full methodology)

1. “Detailed” IIRAn NIR- UK Experiences

• The UK GHG NIR Report:– Has four Executive Summaries– Ten Annexes– and is 364 pages

• UK Inventory methodology is similarly large

• So, compiling a detailed IIR is time consuming!– The “detailed” UN/ECE IIR takes several days of

formatting etc.– Format is prescriptive– Is this level of detail required?

2. Simpler IIRAn IIR- UK Experiences

• Proposals outlined by TFEI are helpful– Explanations of notation keys & “other” in templates – Fuel statistics in templates

Much much easier!

• A “simple” report does typically takes less than two days

• Key source analysis to identify major sources

• But no detail on methodologies

?• Lt.Col. Haddon OBE:

“You will continue to score low marks unless you show your working!”

3. Discussion PointsAn IIR- UK Experiences

What is the purpose of this report?

• To support data submission– Key source analysis only (consider required detail)

or• To report methodology

– Need for completeness (include Efs and activity data)

1. The guidelines should be taken as a minimum requirement– And countries should be encouraged to report more information

3. Discussion PointsAn IIR- UK Experiences

2. Suggest including methodology information… and how to keep it simple!• Propose a minimum of a “methodology summary

table” with text:– by source and by pollutant– indicating simple information on activity data and EF’s– Could be in the report, or template

• Important sources should be accompanied by text– Also text explaining temporal step changes

3. Can IIR include hyperlinks instead of text?4. Log ideas for improvement.

Thank-you!

3. Discussion PointsAn NIR- UK Experiences