Reconstruction of National Emission Inventory System

(NEIS)

> 3rd UNECE TFEIP & EIONET Workshop, Cordoba, Spain

Davor Vesligaj

EKONERG, CROATIA

> Outline of the presentation

> National circumstances

> Reconstruction of National Emission Inventory System

> Expected results

> Legal framework (I)

> Domestic:

• Law on Environmental Protection (1994)• Law on Air Protection (1995)• Rule Book on Environmental Emission Register

(1996)

> International:

• Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (1992, sc)

• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1996, Annex I)

> Legal framework (II)

> Rule Book on Environmental Emissions Register (1996)

• mandatory system of reporting

• scope of reporting (air, waste, wastewater)

• “bottom - up” approach

• annual reporting cycle

• methodology (source classification criteria, list of pollutants, emission estimation, reporting forms, ...)

> Institutional framework

• Ministry for Environmental Protection and Physical Planning (NFP)

• Environmental Protection Agency (to be established)

• 21 County offices for environmental protection (local level)

• National Reference Center on Air Emissions (EKONERG)

• Central Bureau of Statistics, National Energy Institute

> NEIS data flow (present situation)

National level

Ministry/Agency

Local level (EER)

21 County offices

International level

CLRTAP, UNFCCC

Sources

Point sources, Area sources

National Reference Center

EKONERG

Institutions

Statistic, Energy balance, Transport

“bottom-up” “top-down”

domestic format of reporting

international format of reporting

“bottom-up”

> Gaps > Improvements

• Methodology

• Data flow

• Software tools

• Support on local level

• QA/QC

• Cost - benefit

> Project objectives

Establishment of new National Emission Inventory System that will facilitate/enhance:

• planning, implementation and evaluation of environmental policy and programmes on national, local and sector level,

• national efforts to fulfil international commitments, i.e. CLRTAP and UNFCCC,

• stakeholders capabilities of creating environmental policy by disseminating knowledge and information on environmental pressures

> Project targets (I)

• to build integrated emission inventory system that is operable and sustainable under national circumstances

• to use already established frame for data collection and carefully analyse cost-effectiveness of new solutions

• to take into consideration needs from “both sides”

• to provide new legislative framework, supporting documents and tools for the implementation of NEIS

> Project targets (II)

• to collect and apply knowledge and experience on “good practice” from countries having already established emission inventory system

• to use standardised methodology (EMEP/CORINAIR) and software tools (AE-DEM) developed by ETC-ACC as a “main frame” for NEIS,

• to transfer knowledge and support NEIS users

• to make data available to the public

> Design of new NEIS

NEIS Database

CollectER

Local level

National level

International level

CLRTAP (NFR) UNFCCC (CFR)

EU directives

IPPC, ...

(not mandatory)

Source categories

CLRTAP UNFCCC

Point sources

“bottom-up”

“top-down”

Environmental Emissions Register

Central Bureau of Statistics Database,

NationalEnergy Balance

> Expected results (mid 2004)

• Deliverables (draft regulation, guidance documents, software tools, web page)

• Pilot implementation of NEIS

• Reports to CLRTAP and UNFCCC