STREAMLINING CLIMATE CHANGE AND AIR

POLLUTION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Report to TFEIP May 2008

Report to TFEIP May 2008

STREAMLINING CLIMATE CHANGE AND AIR POLLUTION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

• Background– Project Basics

– Project Objectives

• Where are we?– Spaghetti…

• Where we want to be?– Utopia

• How can we get there?– Workshop

– Problems and Solutions

• Next Steps

Project Streamlining AP and CC

• Commission funded• 4 partners (AEAT Lead)• 12 month project• Exploration of possibilities to streamline reporting

– Options

– Scenarios

– Timeline 10 – 15 years..

• Tangible proposals for changes to instruments– MM, NECD, E-PRTR… etc

Project Objectives:

• Present the Commission with Options that:– Make reporting more efficient and simpler;

– Maintain and improve essential emissions inventory data flows and quality;

– Can be fitted to a number of different instrument development options over a 10 – 15 year horizon.

Viable Scenarios

MS Capability

EU Law

Data needs

Innovation

Strengths

Difficulties

Efficient and Fair & Sound.

Quality, Detail

Where are we now?

Current Reporting:

Instruments being examined 1:

Instrument Description Review Date

MM Decision No 280/2004/EC

National Greenhouse Gas reporting (Historic Emissions, Policies and Measures and Projections). Used to assess Member State progress to targets, inform EU policy and to enable the EU to report to the UNFCCC Kyoto commitments.

2008/9

NECD Directive 2001/81/EC

National Air Quality pollutant Reporting (Historic Emissions, Policies and Measures and Projections) (currently NH3, NMVOC, NOx &

SO2). Reported data used to assess MS progress

to targets and inform EU policy.

2008/9

EU ETS Directive 2003/87/EC 

Facility level reporting of emissions units for trading. Accounting system for emissions trading.

 

E-PRTR Regulation No. 166/2006

Regulated process reporting (successor to EPER) with inclusion of diffuse emissions for public information.

 

LCPD Directive 2001/80/EC1

Facility level reporting of large conventional combustion plant.

 

• Reporting Emissions Data

Instruments being examined 2:

• Enabling Data Quality:

Instrument Description Review Date

IPPC: Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive 96/61/EC, and Regulation 1882/2003/EC[1]

Facility level permitting and emission limits 2008/9

WID: Waste Incineration Directive 2000/76/EC1

Facility level permitting and emission limits  

VOC Solvents Directive 1999/13/EC1 Facility level permitting and emission limits  

LCPD Directive 2001/80/EC1 Facility level permitting and emission limits  

Fluorinated gases: Regulation 842/2006 Company level report on production/ import/ export of fluorinated greenhouse gases

2011

Ozone depleters: Regulation 2037/2000 Regulations to reduce the production and use of ozone depleters

 

CO2 from new cars: Decision No

1753/2000/EC

Regulations to reduce the CO2 intensity of new

cars 

Fuel quality directive 98/70/EC, petrol and diesel fuels

Regulation to control the quality of petrol and diesel.

 

Sulphur content of fuels, Directive 1999/32/EC

Regulation to reduce the sulphur content of fuels.

 

EU Directives adopting Aarhus Convention’s requirements: 2003/4/EC, 2003/35/EC.

Regulation to enforce the sharing and publication of environmental information in a clear and concise manner.

 

Shared Environmental Information System for Europe

Proposals for improved management of environmental information.

 

INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC A framework for standardised spatial information collection storage and dissemination.

 

Problems

• Limited Prioritisation of Inventory Compilation• Lack of Resources & Expertise• Lack of Common Definitions• Lack of Transparency• QA/QC: Different levels• Overlapping Reporting• Different Timing• Different/Similar Methodology Reports & Emissions Reports• Different Tools & Templates.• Lack of drivers for country specific data (through other instruments)• Poor links with other Statistical reporting• Limited Influence on National Statistics.• Limited accessibility of facility Level Activity Data & detail• ……….• …….

Where we want to get to….

Where we want to get to: Utopia• Streamlined or not streamlined ?

NatSyst

MM Directive

NEC Directive

LRTAP

UNFCCC

E-PRTR

EU ETS

UNFCCC

EU ETS

E-PRTR

NEC Directive

LRTAP

MM Directive

Defining Utopia

Industry Example of Data Flow:

Regulated

Unregulated

Total (sub sector x)

Reported Data

National Statistics

Emissions DB

National Inventory

National Inventory Reporting

National Statistics Reporting

Regulator

NSA

Inventory Agency

Industry Operator

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Idealised Data Flow & the role of the Directives:

Directives/Decisions that can support the requirement for good data collection and reporting

Other Data Provider …..

Other Data Provider …..

Other Data Provider …..

Other Data Provider …..

Facility 1

Facility 2

Facility 3

Regulator

National Statistical Agency & Other Government Statistics & Projections

Inventory Agency

Other Statistical Data:e.g. Traffic, Livestock, energy Balance

Facility 4

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National Emissions Reporting

EUETS

Decision 2000/479/EC E-PRTR

NEC Directive 2001/81/EC

LCPD Directive 2001/80/EC

Decision No 280/2004/EC EUMM

VOC Directive 94/63/EC

Directive 2000/76/EC incineration of waste

Decision No 1753/2000/EC average specific emissions of CO2 from new passenger cars

IPPC Directive 96/61/EC

Directive 94/67/EC incineration of hazardous waste

Directive 1999/32/EC reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels

Directive 1999/13/EC limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain activities and installations

UNECE: Emissions Reporting

Other Data Provider 1 Other Data

Provider 2

Other Data Provider 3 Other Data

Provider 4

Annual Emissions

Emissions Projections

Regulated Point Source Emissions

Activity Data

Policies and Measures

LCP, EUETS, EPERGHG InventoryAP InventoryProjections

Policies and Measures

UNFCCC Emissions Reporting

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How we will get there….

Illustration – MM proposals

Reference

Harmonised Definitions & Reporting

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Objectives, targets, …

Reporting section

Instrument 1Instrument 2

Instrument …Instrument N

Harmonize definition sections• Definitions • QA/Q• National System • General data issues

• SEIS• INSPIRE

Harmonize

Combined Definitions

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Objectives, targets, …

Reporting section

Instrument 1Instrument 2

Instrument …Instrument N

Overarching reporting directive• Definitions • QA/Q• National System • General data issues

• SEIS• INSPIRE

Harmonize

Combined Definitions & Or Reporting

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Definitions section

Objectives, targets, …

Reporting section

Instrument 1Instrument 2

Instrument …Instrument N

Overarching reporting directive• Definitions • QA/Q• National System • General data issues

• SEIS• INSPIRE

• Reporting Templates

RRRR

Merged Instruments

D D D D Definitions section

Objectives, targets, …

Reporting section

Instrument 1Instrument 2

Instrument …Instrument N

Merge instruments• Recast• One common definitions section

DDDD

Workshop 1:

• Problems and Solutions• Translation to Directives

Next Steps

Project Next Steps

• June/July 2008: Identify options Scenarios for Commission– Options: Detailed building blocks (annotated directives & Linking Tables)– Scenarios: Things that can go together (and things that cant)

− Costs/Benefits

• June/July 2008: Country analysis Visits and Brief…..

• August 2008: 2nd Workshop with MS– Presentation of Options and Scenarios– “Training”…

• September 2008: Final Report

NECD Revision

EUMM Revision

Reporting Directive

IPPC (Industrial) Directive

….Others…