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

Most reporting Parties are a net source of GHG emissions (see table 2).

About a third of reporting Parties also reported on measures to abate GHG emissions in the agriculture and waste sectors.

About one third of reporting Parties also reported on measures to abate GHG emissions in the agriculture and waste sectors.

The investment made over the past several years has paid off in substantive improvements in greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories and reporting.

During this time, Parties and the secretariat have accumulated extensive experience in the reporting and review of national communications and GHG inventories.

Most Parties indicated that their technical and institutional capacities were inadequate for meeting their reporting obligations under the Convention regarding their national GHG inventories.

Financial and technical needs and constraints Most Parties reported difficulties in preparing their GHG inventories, and indicated that their technical and institutional capacities were inadequate to meet their reporting obligations under the Convention for both the preparation and updating of national GHG inventories.

At present, Annex I Parties are moving towards using a new inventory reporting software (the common reporting format (CRF) reporter), developed by the secretariat to facilitate the submission of GHG inventory data in accordance with previously adopted guidelines and requirements.

Developing and maintaining the GHG information system

Therefore GHG emissions from this subsector will grow.

Resources for supporting the review of GHG inventories

They also present potential co benefits for GHG abatement.

projections of GHG other than CO2, CH4, and N2O, specifically

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

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

Therefore GHG emissions can be expected to increase from this subsector.

data on emissions of other GHG (eg PFCs, HFCs, SF6), specifically

All Parties followed the IPCC Guidelines in compiling their national GHG inventories.

In terms of aggregate total GHG emissions, expressed as CO2 equivalent, excluding the LUCF sector, CO2 was the primary GHG for more than half of the Parties (55 per cent).

Removals by LUCF in most Parties offset GHG emissions from this same sector.

Removals by LUCF in most Parties offset GHG emissions from this same sector.

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.

(c) estimate of total effects of policies and measures on GHG emissions and removals

Some stressed the need to develop a comprehensive energy balance to help compute GHG emissions in the energy sector on a continuous basis, and a few pointed out the need to link the energy balance with GHG emissions methodologies such that data changes in the energy balance are automatically reflected in the GHG emissions values.

In terms of aggregate total GHG emissions, expressed as CO2 equivalent, excluding the land use change and forestry (LUCF) sector, CO2 was the primary GHG for more than half of the Parties (55 per cent).

Precursors are atmospheric compounds which themselves are not GHG or aerosols but which have an effect on GHG or aerosol concentrations by taking part in physical or chemical processes regulating their production or destruction rates.

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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.

Parties also expressed the need to establish a reliable and effective GHG inventory database system.

Removals by LUCF in most Parties offset GHG emissions from this same sector (see table 2).

It should be noted that 87 Parties (71 per cent) used the GWPs to estimate the relative contribution of each individual GHG or sector to their aggregate GHG emissions, although this is not required by the UNFCCC guidelines.

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