International greenhouse gas inventory systems: A comparison between CORINAIR and IPCC methodologies in the EU |
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| Authors: | Julian E Salt Andrea Moran |
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| Institution: | aJulian E. Salt is an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 IDP, and works for the Loss Prevention Council, Melrose Avenue, Borehamwood, Herts WD6 2BJ, UK;bAndrea Moran was a research associate at the Verification Technology Information Centre, Carrara House, 20 Embankment Place, London WC2N 6NN, UK |
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| Abstract: | There are several different approaches currently taken by the 15 EU countries in compiling their IPCC inventories for the FCCC. Six countries (France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain) use the CORINAIR system and then aggregate and reformat the data into the required IPCC format. Of the remaining countries, two strictly follow the IPCC methodology (Finland and Greece), five (Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom) estimate emissions using a combination of national and IPCC methodologies, while the final two (Austria and Belgium) use a combination of national and CORINAIR methodologies (transformed to IPCC). Comparison of the national inventories in both the IPCC and CORINAIR formats shos some revealing discrepancies between the two systems at both sector and gas level that by chance cancel out when aggregated at the EU level. |
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