National Circumstances and Greenhouse Gas Inventory Information Denmark's experience with reporting

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UNFCCC Workshop on The Preparation of the Fourth
National Communication from Annex I Parties 30
September 1 October 2004 Dublin, Ireland
National Circumstances and Greenhouse Gas
Inventory Information Denmark's experience with
reporting in NC3 by Erik Rasmussen Danish
Environmental Protection Agency, Ministry of the
Environment
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This presentation

• 1. Institutional arrangements
• 2. GHG emission trends in Denmark
• 3. Key drivers behind Denmarks GHG emission
  trends
• 4. Consistency of time series and reporting of
  PAMs
• 5. The In-Depth Review

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1. Institutional arrangements

• GHG inventories in NC3
• The National Environmental Research Institute
• Co-ordinate and compile the GHG emission
  inventory, and submit it to the UNFCCC and the EC
• Estimates emissions from energy, industry,
  solvents, agriculture and waste
• The Danish Forest and Landscape Research
  Institute (now just FL)
• Input on carbon emissions and removals from
  land-use change and forestry
• The Danish Environmental Protection Agency (via a
  consulting company)
• Emissions related to consumption of fluorinated
  gases (HFCs, PFCs and SF6)
• Coverage
• Denmark
• All gases (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs and SF6)
• All sectors (CORINAIR -gt IPCC/UNFCCC -gt 6
  Economic sectors)
• Greenland and Faroe Islands
• Greenland (CO2 from energy) and Faroe Islands
  (CO2, CH4 and N2O)

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2a. GHG emission trends in Denmark
Carbon dioxide emissions, percentage change from
1990, by source
Source FCCC/IDR.3/DNK
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2b. GHG emission trends in Denmark
Methane emissions, percentage change from 1990,
by source
Source FCCC/IDR.3/DNK
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2c. GHG emission trends in Denmark
Nitrous oxide emissions, percentage change from
1990, by source
Source FCCC/IDR.3/DNK
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2d. GHG emission trends in Denmark
Fluorinated gases emissions in Gg, inventories
1990-2001 and projections 2002-2017
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3a. Key drivers behind Denmarks GHG emission
trends

• Inter-annual weather variations (10-20) in CO2
  from energy
• Temperature If low --gt Increase in emissions
• Precipitation If low in the other Nordic
  countries -gt Increase in emissions
• Long-term trend 1990-2001 when adjusted -12
  (GDP 27)
• - Due to decreases from
• Fuel switching from coal to natural gas and
  renewables (biomass and wind) in the energy
  industry
• Increased share of CHP
• Energy efficiency improvements in energy end-use
  sectors
• Improved manure and fertiliser management in the
  agricultural sector (APAE)
• Improved efficiency in milkproduction and shift
  from dairy cattle to pigs
• - Despite increases in
• Transport emissions (both CO2 and N2O)
• Emissions of F-gases

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4a. Consistency of time series and reporting of
PAMs
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4b. Consistency of time series and reporting of
PAMs

• Table from NC3 showing how the IPCC sectors have
  been aggregated into
• the 6 economic sectors described in Chapter 4 on
  Policies and Measures
• and Chapter 5 on projections of NC3

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4c. Consistency of time series and reporting of
PAMs
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5. The In-Depth Review

• Compliance with the guidelines
• The review team noted that the inventory section
  of the NC3 conforms with the UNFCCC Guidelines.
• It includes a summary of the reporting tables
  with emission estimates and emission trends.
• The factors and drivers underlining emission
  trends are clearly explained.
• The inventory data reported in the NC3 are
  consistent with the data from the 2003 inventory
  submission and the review team did not identify
  any differences between the two data sets.
• Emission sources
• In terms of emission sources, the inventory
  includes estimates of all major sources as
  required by the IPCC guidelines.
• Sources that are not yet encompassed limestone
  and dolomite use, soda ash production and use,
  asphalt roofing, road paving with asphalt, nitric
  acid production, pulp and paper, agricultural
  soils (CH4 emissions), forest and grassland
  conversion, abandonment of managed lands, and CO2
  emissions and removals from soil.
• The review team encouraged Denmark to include
  potentially missing sources in the inventory and
  to provide a clear explanation of why they are
  not included.
• The review team noted some inconsistencies in the
  use of notation keys.

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Thank you for your attention !