1. 7th Oslo Group Meeting Riitta Pipatti and Kari Grönfors
Role of energy statistics in the compilation of the greenhouse gas emissions inventory – Finnish perspective
7th Oslo Group Meeting
Riitta Pipatti and Kari Grönfors

2. Contents Greenhouse gas inventory Reguirements, methodologies and use
Statistics Finland as national entity
Role of energy statistics in the compilation of the inventory
importance of the emissions from the energy sector
advantages of close collaboration with the energy statistics
QA/QC and verification issues
Confidentiality issues
Future
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3. Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory
Reporting consistent with requirements under
United Nations Framework Convention (UNFCCC) (revised guidelines from 2015 submission onwards)
Kyoto Protocol – supplementary reporting
EU GHG monitoring mechanism decision (under revision => regulation)
Methodologies from the Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Annual comprehensive UNFCCC and KP reviews, this year and from 2015 onwards also EU reviews
GHG inventory data – basis for assessing compliance with emission reductions commitments (KP, EU) and pledges (UNFCCC)
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4. Finland’s national GHG inventory system
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5. Statistics Finland – national entity
GHG inventory abides to the principles, rules and modalities of
UNFCCC/KP, TCCCA – transparency, consistency, comparability, completeness and accuracy) and
Official statistics and Statistics Finland (impartiality, transparency, confidentiality, coherence, relevance, accuracy, reliability, timeliness, …)
Mostly the ”main principles” the same under both regimes, exceptions
confidentiality – need to aggregate GHG reporting of specific categories at higher level than required by UNFCCC, cannot publish unit-specific informations published elsewhere
efficiency, relevance and accuracy – requirements by UNFCCC/KP require us to address also ”insignificant issues”
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6. The energy sector in the Finland’s GHG inventory – inventory year 2010
Industrial
processes 8%
Solvent and
other
product use
0.1%
Agriculture
Waste 3%
Energy industries
50%
Manufacturing industries
and construction
16%
Transport
22%
Households, services etc.
Fugitive
0.3%
Other 2%
Energy
81%
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7. Role of energy statistics in the compilation the GHG inventory
GHG inventory – energy sector calculations done in close collaboration with energy statistics
Common database (YEIS), but partly parallel processes due to differences in data sources (historical reasons, coherence in reporting emissions of different gases – only CO2 emissions can be calculated based on basic energy data)
No additional data collection for the GHG inventory – access to all background information collected for energy statistics, energy statistics have access to data processed by the GHG inventory
better coverage of point sources, QA and verification (mutual benefit)
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8. Role of energy statistics in the compilation the GHG inventory
Energy statistics, GHG inventory and EU ETS – different rules, coverage and classifications
sharing knowledge and expertise (”coffee break discussions”) helps to understand differences in ”numbers” and enhances coherence/consistency of the published information
QA/QC – comparision of sectoral (bottom-up) and reference (top-down) approaches a key QA measure for GHG inventory
early access to tables on fuels use and relevant detailed background data – time to explore difference
energy balance – timetable and contents take GHG inventory needs into account
times series of the difference show a declining trend (2010: 0.3%)
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9. Role of energy statistics in the compilation the GHG inventory
Comparison with international energy data (IEA, Eurostat)
energy statistics timeseries not updated with the same coverage and completeness as in the GHG inventory – causes additional work in explaining differences in reviews
Comparison with the EU ETS data
EU defines non-ETS sector as inventory data minus ETS data - if EU ETS data differ from data used for same units in the inventory, it will impact the emission reduction burden of the non-energy sector
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10. Future 2nd commitment period for the Kyoto Protocol – to start 2013?
New comprehensive international climate agreement – to start 2020
New UNFCCC reporting guidelines for GHG inventories, EU monitoring mechanism regulation
energy balances to be attached to reporting
comparison with energy statistics a requirement
timing issues, understanding differences more important
Statistics Finland – aiming towards an integrated system for producing energy statistics and GHG energy inventory
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11. Thank you!
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