EuroMediterranean cooperation related to GHG inventories The MeditAIRaneo Type II Initiative

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Euro-Mediterranean co-operation related to GHG
inventoriesThe MeditAIRaneo Type II Initiative
APAT Agency for the Protection of the
Environment and for Technical Services
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Background of the Initiative

• According to art. 4.1(a) of the UNFCCC, all
  Parties () shall develop, periodically update,
  publish and make available to the Conference of
  the Parties () national inventories of
  anthropogenic emissions by sources and removal by
  sinks of all greenhouse gases not controlled by
  the Montreal Protocol ().
• Preparation of national GHG inventories is also
  an eligibility condition for the participation of
  countries in Joint Implementation and Clean
  Development Mechanism activities

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Preliminary activities (1999-2003)

• Co-operation among government agencies
  responsible for the preparation of air emission
  inventories in the northern shore of the
  Mediterranean (France, Greece, Italy, Portugal
  and Spain)
• Main outcomes of the project
• - establishment of an experts network
• - establishment of a web forum
• - development of a know-how about air
  emissions in Mediterranean countries

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The MeditAIRaneo Type II Initiative

• This partnerships aims at supporting all
  Mediterranean countries in preparing consistent
  and reliable GHG inventories to be submitted to
  the UNFCCC in order to comply with their
  commitments under art. 12 of the Convention.

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Partners of the Initiative

• Governments
• - Italy Ministry of the Environment and
  Territory
• - Italy Agency for the Protection of the
  Environment and for Technical Services (APAT)
• - Portugal Ministry of Cities, Land Use
  Planning and Environment
• - Morocco Ministry for Environment
• International organizations
• - UNEP MAP
• - UNFCCC Secretariat

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Partners pending official confirmation

• Governments
• - France
• - Greece
• - Spain
• - Lebanon
• - Turkey
• - Tunisia
• International organizations
• - European Environment Agency (EEA)
• Other
• - CITEPA (Centre Interprofessionel Technique
  dEtudes de la Pollution Atmospherique)

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Main action lines of the MeditAIRaneo Type II
Initiative

• support to the establishment of National Focal
  Points and training of experts in countries which
  have never prepared GHG inventories
• identification of the main specificities for the
  GHG inventories in the Mediterranean area
• exchange of information on the above mentioned
  topics through a preparatory workshop and the
  establishment of a newsgroup on a web-site
• identification of national priorities for quality
  control procedures, verification, uncertainty
  analysis and if necessary guidelines for quality
  assurance.

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Expected results of the MeditAIRaneo Type II
Initiative

• This partnerships will assist
• - countries which have never prepared their
  initial national communication, or their GHG
  inventory (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus,
  Malta, Serbia and Montenegro) in establishing
  the data-base and the procedures for the
  preparation of the inventory
• - other countries, which are currently preparing
  their subsequent national communications or
  their annual GHG inventories, in improving the
  quality and the reliability of their submissions.

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Implementation of the UNFCCCby Mediterranean
countries
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Implementation of the UNFCCC by Mediterranean
countries
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Capacity-building initiatives related to national
GHG inventories (1)
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Capacity-building initiatives related to national
GHG inventories (2)
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Status of inventory submissions

• 1990-1993 only energy
• Includes emissions from forest and grassland
  conversion
• Solvent and other product use not estimated
• Emissions from fuel used for international marine
  transportation not estimated

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Coverage of gases
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Assessment of needs from initial national
communications to the UNFCCC (1)
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Assessment of needs from initial national
communications to the UNFCCC (2)
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Initial actions under the MeditAIRaneo Type II
Initiative

• Establishment of a publicly accessible web site
• Uploading on the web site of available
  methodological work on emissions from forests and
  livestock breeding
• Further methodological work on solvent and other
  product use
• Training on Good Practice Guidance for inventory
  preparation
• Development of a methodology for burning waste or
  open dumps
• Study on fugitive CH4 emissions from gas
  pipelines (with local consultants)

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Contacts

• angeloni.mara_at_minambiente.it
• domenico.gaudioso_at_apat.it
• riccardo.delauretis_at_apat.it