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THE NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE POLICY
MRV of GHG
Emissions
NACALord Charles Hotel, Somerset West, Cape Town
05 November 2014
Presentation overview
GHG Inventory and Policy
Importance of the GHG inventory
NAEIS
Methodologies
Process Governance
GHG Reporting Regulations
�What does the National Climate Change Response Policy (NCCRP) say about the GHG
Inventory:
• Executive Summary (key elements in the overall approach to mitigation) and section 6.1.7 –
“Establish a national system of data collection to provide detailed, complete, accurate and up-to-
date emissions data in the form of a Greenhouse Gas Inventory and a Monitoring and Evaluation
System to support the analysis of the impact of mitigation measures.
• Introduction and in relation to international obligations (UNFCCC) – “Monitor and periodically
report to the international community the country’s GHG inventory; steps taken and envisaged to
implement the UNFCCC; and any other information relevant to the achievement of the objective of
the UNFCCC, including information relevant for the calculation of global emission trends”
• Section 6.7 – “The DEA in partnership with the South African Weather Service, the host of the
SAAQIS, will prepare a GHG Emissions Inventory annually. The inventory will conform to the IPCC’s
2006 or later guidelines, and will be periodically reviewed by an international team of experts. The
inventory will also undertake and report analyses of emissions trends, including detailed reporting
on changes in emissions intensity in the economy and a comparison of actual GHG emissions against
the benchmark national GHG emission trajectory range described in section 6.4”
• Section 6.7 – “The emissions inventory will be a web-based GHG Emission Reporting System and will
form part of the National Atmospheric Emission Inventory component of the SAAQIS. It will be
developed, tested and commissioned within two years of the publication of this policy”
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GHG Inventory and the NCCRP
National
GHG
Inventory
South Africa’s
position in
negotiations
Local and Provincial
CC mitigation
planning
National
Communications (NCs),
Biennial Update Reports
(BURs)
Desired Emissions
Reduction
Outcomes (DEROs)
M&E system
verification
Carbon Tax Regime
NCCRP Imperatives –
Transition to a Low
Carbon Society
Presidency
Indicators,
Millennium
Development Goals
Importance of GHG Inventory
South African MRV design features
National System – design features
Web-based
system
Sector – data
flows
Data Management & Reporting
Institutional
Arrangements
National
Inventory Unit
Process Governance
Climate Change Mitigation MRV system
GHG Inventory National System
South African MRV System Design Elements
The GHG Inventory forms part of the broader M&E
System
The MRV of GHG emissions in the country is divided
into two aspects
The Data management system aspect which is the
reporting into NAEIS and;
The Process Governance required to manage the MRV
system, this includes the institutional arrangements,
legal requirements, resources etc.
Data Management System: NAEIS
South African MRV System Design Elements
To fulfil the requirements of the NCCRP (i.e. compile
GHG inventories annually), South Africa has developed
a web-based emissions inventory system called the
National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory System
(NAEIS)
The NAEIS forms part of phase 2 of the South African
Air Quality Information System (SAAQIS)
In turn, the NAEIS supports the GHG Inventory National
System
Centralized Web-based EI system elements
Activity Data
Sub-Module
Emission-
Factor
Sub-Module
Inventory
results are
documented
and archived
Public
Interface for
emissions
results
Emissions
Reporting
Emission
Summary
Tables
Emissions
Processing: the
heart of the EI
inventory module
What pollutants are included in NAEIS?
Pollutant South Africa
NAAQS
NAEIS
Capabilit
y
1. Criteria Pollutants
� PM, SO2, NOx, CO, Benzene, Dust, Lead Yes Yes
• Other metals (Arsenic, Cadmium, Nickel, etc.) Yes
2. Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) Yes
3. Volatile Organic Chemicals (VOCs) Yes
4. Green House Gasses (GHGs) Yes
NAEIS – Emission Inventory Scope
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National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory System
Emissions associated with Energy and Industrial
process activities are calculated within the system
Emissions from complex sectors such as Waste,
Agriculture and Land Use are calculated outside the
system
Outputs from these processes are fed into the
system so that the NAEIS can generate a national
emissions profile
Methodologies
2006 IPCC Inventory Guidelines
The 2006 Guidelines consists of 5 volumes based on cross-cutting issues and individual sectors:
Overview
1. General Guidance and Reporting
2. Energy
3. Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU)
4. Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
5. Waste
GPG & Methodologies
IPCC guidelines vs. GHG Protocol
Energy
Industrial
Processes
Agric, Forestry
& Land use
Waste Scope 3
Scope 2
Scope 1
Bunker Fuels
IPCC Guidelines GHG Protocol
Process Governance
Process Governance
The NAEIS system is not enough to measure and
evaluate GHG emissions inventories
There certain elements that need to be put in place
to ensure efficient monitoring of GHG emissions
These elements include
• Mandatory reporting regulations for GHGs
• Identifying the necessary resources MRV GHGs (such as
human capacity, financial resources etc.)
• The development of guidance documents for all the IPCC
sectors
Process Governance
• Development and/or adoption of QA/QC standards
• Development and/or adoption of verification standards
• Formalising institutional arrangements with all data
providers through MoU, MoAs
Defining these elements has already been initiated
by DEA
DEA has already started drafting the Mandatory
reporting regulations and some of the reporting
guidelines
All drafts will be published for public commenting
and work-shopped
GHG Reporting Regulations
Outline of GHG reporting regulations
Chapter 1: Definition and purpose of the regulations
� Definition
� Purpose of regulations
� Application of regulations
Chapter 2: Classification of emission sources, data providers
and registration
� Classification of sectors and emission sources {distinction between
industry and organs of state}
� Registration
� Changes to registration
Chapter 3: Reporting and record keeping
� Reporting requirements (Scope, GWPs)
� Reporting or submission of information (period, frequency, etc)
� Record keeping
Outline of GHG reporting regulations
Chapter 4: Methodologies and Methodology Approval
� Bare minimum methodological requirements
� Development of sector-specific higher-tier methodologies
� Development and approval of country-specific/plant-specific emission
factors
� Graduation period towards higher-tier methodologies
Chapter 5: Verification of Information and General Matters
� Verification of information (once in two years)
� Confidentiality of information
� Publishing data and information (level of detail)
� Offence
� Penalties
� Short title and commencement
