Research on mitigation included research on new energy sources and renewable energy, energy efficiency, and GHG abatement technologies.

CD ROMs containing the training materials on GHG inventories, V and A assessments and mitigation assessments will be made available at SBI 23.

The goal of this initiative is to compensate for the GHG emissions produced as a result of conducting these events through climate change mitigation activities elsewhere.

To date, 164 experts from 90 non Annex I Parties have attended these training workshops and gained knowledge and skills in GHG inventories, V and A assessments and mitigation assessments.

Estimating the GHG emissions associated with a particular activity (e.g., a COP session) Offsetting these emissions through climate change mitigation activities elsewhere Communicating, exchanging views and cooperating with relevant actors on this initiative.

As a result, energy has been the biggest source (also more than half for both countries) of their GHG emissions and therefore central to mitigation effort as well as to their sustainable development strategies.

Almost all Parties that have submitted their initial national communication as of 1 April 2005 provided information on research and systematic observation relating to climate change impacts, vulnerability assessment and adaptation options, and measures for addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (mitigation).

Developing and maintaining the GHG information system

Greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting can calculate direct or indirect GHG emissions, which may be used for internal reporting or enterprise carbon accounting.

Prevention and mitigation

Therefore GHG emissions from this subsector will grow.

Resources for supporting the review of GHG inventories

Status of the preparation of Consultative Group of Experts reports The thematic groups of the CGE (GHG inventories, V and A assessments, mitigation and cross cutting issues) are finalizing their report on the examination of the initial national communications of non Annex I Parties.

Climate Change 2001 Mitigation.

They also present potential co benefits for GHG abatement.

The CGE discussed the outcomes of the hands on training workshop on GHG inventories held in China, and recommended the following to improve future GHG inventory workshops

Radiation mitigation and standard setting

in the workshop on mitigation assessments

A need was expressed for equipment for monitoring GHG and climate.

But climate change mitigation and adaptation are costly.

Global hands on training workshop on mitigation assessments

They believe that these measures will result in reduction of growth of GHG emissions.

A range of other measures clearly delivers sustainable development as well as GHG benefits.

30. Mitigation of carbon emissions to reduce global warming

We have selected three widely discussed methods of allocating GHG emission quotas to different countries

The Renewables 2004 conference generated about 3,500 tonnes of GHG (1.44 tonnes CO2 equivalent participant).

Transport is considered a major sector that will contribute to the growth of GHG emissions.

The SBI noted that such documents should also include additional information on net' GHG emissions.

Twenty four GHG inventory reviews and 18 in depth reviews of national communications are scheduled.

The Committee noted that the United States had endorsed the IADC space debris mitigation guidelines and that its domestic agencies were implementing debris mitigation practices consistent with them.

Record of progress and review of the pilot activity A yearly inventory could be prepared to keep track of the GHG emissions of COP and subsidiary body sessions, taking into account existing guidelines and standards for preparing GHG inventories for organizations.

Agriculture was cited as a typical sector having considerable potential not only for integration of mitigation and adaptation but also for integration of mitigation into economic and rural development.

Two trends deserve attention and mitigation (but not regulation or secrecy!).

Major developing countries must also commit to nationally appropriate mitigation actions.

The Subcommittee noted that the United States had endorsed the IADC space debris mitigation guidelines and that its domestic agencies were implementing debris mitigation practices consistent with the IADC guidelines.

The Subcommittee had also made significant progress on space debris mitigation, having agreed on a two year workplan to develop a document based on the IADC space debris mitigation guidelines.

Estimation of emission reduction Some Parties included an assessment of the impacts of measures on GHG emissions.

Annex I Parties are required to submit a national GHG inventory by 15 April of each year.

The first, called mitigation, means reducing the amount of manmade climate change.

29. A package of R D and mitigation to combat global warming

Adaptation must be a vital part of the negotiations. So must mitigation.

Support by farmers' organizations of individual farmers in adaptation and mitigation initiatives

7 National GHG inventories are referred to simply as inventories in these guidelines for the sake of brevity.

The discussion covered various issues, such as Convention synergies, drought management, governance, rural land use practices, and the integration of drought mitigation into investment planning and science and technology for drought mitigation.

Lead reviewers also discussed technical issues that have arisen in the review of GHG inventories, including review of a GHG inventory that is a compiled from different national inventories, and the assessment of the choice of methods used in the preparation of an inventory estimate.