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
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Harmonize definition sections• Definitions • QA/Q• National System • General data issues
• SEIS• INSPIRE
Harmonize
Combined Definitions
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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
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Merged Instruments
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Objectives, targets, …
Reporting section
Instrument 1Instrument 2
Instrument …Instrument N
Merge instruments• Recast• One common definitions section
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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…