TFEIP/EIONET meeting and TFEIP/TFIAM workshop in Thessaloniki 30 October to 02 November 2006

On October 30-31, the Task Force of Emission Inventories and Projections (TFEIP) held a workshop in Thessaloniki , Greece on emission projections jointly with the Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling (TFIAM).

General Information for the meeting:

Meeting documents:

Guidebook Background Note
Annex Tables Reporting Templates
Emission Reporting Guidelines Draft for Thessaloniki
MSC-W Technical Report 1/06. Inventory Review 2006; Emission Data reported to the LRTAP Convention and NEC Directive. V. Vestreng, E. Rigler, M. Adams, K. Kindbom, J. M. Pacyna, H. D.r van der Gon, S. Reis, O. Travnikov. http://www.emep.int/publ/reports/2006/emep_technical_1_2006.pdf
EMEP Status Report 1/06. Transboundary acidification, eutrophication and ground level ozone in Europe since 1990 to 2004, EMEP Status Report 2006 to support the Review of Gothenburg Protocol. Chapter 2, Emissions: progress towards the emission ceilings of the Gothenburg Protocol. Vigdis Vestreng, Leonor Tarrason, Elisabeth Rigler, Heiko Klein and Anna Carlin Benedictow. Joint MSC-W & CCC & ICP-FORESTs & ICP-M&M & ETC/ACC Report. http://www.emep.int/publ/reports/2006/status_report_1_2006_ch.pdf, http://www.emep.int/publ/reports/2006/status_report_1_2006_app.pdf
Note by the secretariat explaining proposed changes to emission reporting guidelines
The Guidebook and the role of expert panels

Projection workshop:

30. October:

Host welcome, Dr. Kostas Nikolaou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
The importance of emissions projections, Samantha Baker and Chris Dore, UK
The use of emission projections in integrated assessments, Rob Maas, Chair TFIAM
Overview of projections data used in European policy-making process, Eduard Dame, EC
Experiences and lessons from emission projections under the UNFCCC, Harald Diaz
RAINS overview, Zig Klimont, IIASA
The PRIMES model, Leonidas Mantzos, NTUA
CAPRI agriculture, Zig Klimont on behalf of Peter Witzke, Eurocare
UK road transport emission projections, Melanie Hobson
Spain's emission projections (SEP) project, Julio Lumbreras
Harmonization process between inventory and model projections, Tiziano Pignatelli, ENEA
Current issues and problems encountered for projections in the United States and Canada , Marc Deslauriers (Environment Canada) and Rebecca Lee Tooly (USEPA)
Predicting the future, a view from the electricity industry, Ian Rodgers, EURELECTRIC
Ammonia emission from Danish agriculture, Mette Hjorth Mikkelsen, National Environmental Research Institute
Lessons learned from the EC research projects MERLIN and ESPREME, Stefan Reis, CEH
Key limitations of current country projection data in transboundary modelling activities, Jan Eiof Jonson, EMEP/MSC-W
Summary day 1, Chris Dore

RAINS becomes GAINS and other future stories, Zig Klimont, IIASAA
TREMOVE: from policy simulations to support for emissions projections, Jacques Delsalle, EC
Ammonia emissions from UK agriculture and the NARSES model, Tom Misselbrook, IGER , UK
Developing emissions projections at a regional scale, Carlo Trozzi, Techne-Consulting , Italy
TFEIP Guidelines on revised reporting requirements, Justin Goodwin, UK
Main points & conclusions, Chris Dore
Summary and recommendations from the projection workshop, Marc Deslauriers

TFEIP/EIONET meeting:

31. October:

Review of the Gothenburg Protocol, Rob Maas, Chair TFIAM/the Netherlands
NECD implementing provisions now and in the future, Eduard Dame, EC
Inventory issues, theGothenburg Protocol, RAINS, Zbigniew Klimont, CIAM
EIONET reporting and EEA priority dataflows, Keimpe Wieringa, ETC-ACC
Emission reporting obligations and outputs, Brinda Wachs, Convention secretariat
Inventory review 2006: progress and challenges, Vigdis Vestreng, MSC-W
MSC-W emission estimates: why and how?, Vigdis Vestreng, MSC-W
Review of national submissions 2006 Stage II, Katarina Mareckova, ETC-ACC
Use of non-party estimates in EMEP modelling: HMs and POPs, Oleg Travnikov, MSC-E
Recommendations from the trial Stage III review, Karin Kindbom, IVL, TFEIP co-chair

01. November:

Chair introduction: emission estimation & reporting guidelines, Kristin Rypdal, TFEIP
Revision of the emission reporting guidelines, Brinda Wachs, UNECE
The guidelines 2007, comments and issues remaining, Justin Goodwin, ETC-ACC
Chair introduction: How to improve the guidebook, Kristin Rypdal, TFEIP
Integrating PM into the Guidebook: Overview of updates and comments, Justin Goodwin
Spatial methodology, gridding emission data, Vigdis Vestreng, MSC-W, Justin Goodwin
Demonstration of the pilot emission factor database, Tinus Pulles, ETC-ACC
Update and restructuring of the Guidebook, Aphrodite Mourelatou, EEA
The future of the IPCC working program, Simon Eggleston, IPCC NGGIP
CAPACT project workshop on air emission inventories, Brinda Wachs, UNECE
TACIS training seminar on emission inventories and reporting, Eva Goossens, EEA
The PM inventory project, Tinus Pulles, the Netherlands
Expert panel leaders view on the guidebook and expert panels, Nick Hutchings

02. November:

Research for PM Emissions Inventory Improvement in the NIS , Sergey Kakareka , Belarus
Uncertainties in POP emission data, Hugo Denier van der Gon, the Netherlands
Expert review of HM emission data, Stefan Reis, CEH Edinburgh
Uncertainty and bias in the UK heavy metal inventory, Chris Dore, UK
Heavy Metals, discrepancies inventories and models, Oleg Travnikov, MSC-E
Mandatory or voluntary guidelines, ad-hoc working group, Frank Thewes (rapp.)
PM 2.5 definition, Justin Goodwin
PM 2.5 guidebook chapters, Justin Goodwin
Report from the expert panel on agriculture and nature, Ulrich Daemmgen
Report from the expert panel on combustion and industry, Carlo Truzzi
Report from the expert panel on transport, Leonidas Ntziachristos, Aristotle University

Other documents:

Draft conclusions and recommendations

Last updatedÃ‚ 20 November 2006