Climate MRV for Africa – Phase 2
Development of National GHG Inventory
Introduction IPCC 2006 Software
Project of the European Commission
DG Clima Action EuropeAid/136245/DH/SER/MULTI
Amr Osama Abdel-Aziz, Assen Gasharov, Mike Bess
and Laura Lahti
Team Leader and Key Experts
April 2017
Lead partner
Software Purpose
Implementation of Tier 1 and Tier 2 methodologies in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines
Preparation of national GHG inventories either for complete inventories or separate categories
Users are inventory compilers who wish to apply default 2006 IPCC Guidelines methods
Software Purpose
The software supports functions as:
Database administration
Quality control
Data export/import
Data reporting
Software Functions
Compare to
just using
IPCC Excel
worksheets
for each
category
Multiple Users
Source: IPCC Software, 14-18 March 2016, Maseru, Lesotho
Software Tools
Source: IPCC Software, 14-18 March 2016, Maseru, Lesotho
Defining a New User
Defining a New User (Cont’d)
Exporting and Importing
Source: IPCC Software, 14-18 March 2016, Maseru, Lesotho
Exporting
Export worksheet data
Selecting and exporting part of the current inventory year, i.e. one
or more sectors, sub-sectors or categories into an XML file.
Export CO2 equivalent - exporting of custom (not fixed) CO2
Equivalents into an XML file.
Export NAI Reporting tables - allows calculating and exporting of
the national communication table for Non-Annex I Parties
Uncertainty Analysis
Source: IPCC Software, 14-18 March 2016, Maseru, Lesotho
Uncertainty Analysis
User inputs uncertainty values for activity and emission factor
There is no limit and no check for uncertainty range, i.e. it is the
responsibility of the user to define the appropriate values
Default uncertainty values presented in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for
almost all the default EFs and AD are preloaded as default upper and
lower limits
0 1 2 3
Example Emission Factor
Pro
bab
ility
De
nsity
97.5th
Percentile2.5th
Percentile
Mean
-30% +30%
95%
Probability
Range
Uncertainty Analysis
Uncertainties from disaggregated levels are combined by error
propagation according to 2006 IPCC Guidelines
Key Category Analysis
Software performs key category analysis In terms of contribution to
absolute level of emissions and to trend
Source: IPCC Software, 14-18 March 2016, Maseru, Lesotho
The Worksheet
Source: IPCC Software, 14-18 March 2016, Maseru, Lesotho
The Worksheet (Cont’d)
Source: IPCC Software User Manual
Software provides different options for some parameters (e.g.
emission factors) showing the description of the applicability of each
QA / QC
Source: IPCC Software User Manual
Software provides some QA/QC activities like producing signs for
missing values, and checking the sum of fractions
Important Hints
Source: IPCC Software User Manual
Each database has a user name and password
Don’t forget your user name and password !
Do not remove password protection. Removing the
password protection will prevent the database from
opening in the software
Unify the software version when you work in teams
Thank you!
Amr Osama Abdel-Aziz, Assen Gasharov, Mike Bess and Laura Lahti