The development of the Methodology Report to refine the inventory guidelines (2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories), was carried out by the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI) in accordance with the decision taken at the 44th Session of IPCC in Bangkok, Thailand, in October 2016. The final draft of this Methodology Report titled “2019 Refinement to the 2...

This chapter provides guidance on inventory management, improvement and QA/QC that can be used to help ensure that the inventory systems are able to be fully compliant with countries’reporting commitments under the LRTAP Convention and its protocols (ECE.EB.AIR/125).To ensure continued alignment with best practice in compiling GHG emissions inventories, a substantial amount of the content has been...

In the U.S. EPA Toolkit for Building National GHG Inventory Systems (‘Toolkit’), this is Template 1. Its purpose is to explain how to use the Toolkit and provides tables to develop a national GHG inventory schedule and track progress with completing each template in the series. This template helps the National GHG Inventory Coordinator (NIC) initiate and manage inventory planning and provides a ta...

This lecture focuses on the need for Remote Sensing/Satellite-Based data and its application in air quality management....

This lecture explains the various approaches for the development of emission inventory for residential and commercial sectors....

This lecture presents the methods for estimating emissions from the agriculture sector and developing the emission inventory....

This lecture presents the models available for the development of an emission inventory for the industrial sector....

This lecture discusses the estimation and development of emission inventory for the transportation sector. The lecture also includes the different models available for estimating vehicular emissions....

This lecture focuses on the importance of an emission inventory, fundamental approaches for estimation and preparation of emission inventory....