Austria's National Inventory Report 2010. : Submission under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and under the Kyoto Protocol.

Wien

2010

770 S.

Bandaufführung

978-3-99004-066-9

171210

The National Inventory Report 2010 (NIR 2010) gives a detailed and comprehensive description of the methodology applied in the Austrian air emissions inventory for the greenhouse gases of the “Kyoto basket” (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, HFC, PFC and SF6). With this report, Austria complies with its reporting obligations under the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol by providing transparent and verifiable documentation. It contains sector-specific emissions for the years 1990 to 2008, emission factors, activity data and basic data for emission calculations as well as additional information relevant for reporting under the Kyoto Protocol. Moreover, the NIR 2010 provides documentation of the national inventory system and quality assurance as performed by the accredited inspection body (ISO/IEC 17020) on emission inventories.
ES.1 Background Information on greenhouse gas inventories, climate change and supplementary information under Article 7, paragraph 1, of the Kyoto Protocol ES.1.1 Background information on climate change Climate in a narrow sense is usually defined as the average weather, or more rigorously, as the statistical description in terms of the mean and variability of relevant quantities over a period of time ranging from months to thousands or millions of years. It undergoes natural variability. Since industrialisation started some 150 years ago, mankind has been influencing the climate via the emission of greenhouse gases. In 1992, by adopting the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, the countries of the world came together to prevent dangerous effects of climate change. However, the Convention did not include binding commitments to limit GHG emissions. To go this step further the Kyoto Protocol was adopted in 1997: it sets binding emission limits for 37 industrialized countries. ES.1.2 Background information on greenhouse gas inventories To be able to evaluate the trend of greenhouse gas emissions, especially the progress in achieving the emission reduction goal, it is necessary to regularly compile an inventory of GHG emissions. The compilation of these inventories follows rules as agreed under the respective bodies of the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol. ES.1.3 Background information on supplementary information under Article 7, paragraph 1, of the Kyoto Protocol Supplementary information to be submitted annually under the UNFCCC is necessary to determine compliance with the regulations of the Kyoto Protocol. This is in particular (i) information on emissions and removals from the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector under the Kyoto Protocol, (ii) information on the national registry which is responsible for accounting of the emission and removal units of each Party. (iii) information on any changes that have occurred in the national system compared with theiinformation reported in the last submission, and (iv) information on the minimization of adverse impacts in accordance with Article 3, paragraph 14. Emissions and removals from the KP-LULUCF sector as well as land- and activity-related information and specific information to be reported with regard to activities under Art. 3 paragraph 3 is given in Chapter 10. Information on changes in the national registry since submission 2009 is provided in Chapter 13. Changes basically relate to the implementation of the 1st Amendment of the Registry Regulation 917/2007/EC and the altered requirements of publicly accessible information. With regard to the Austrian national system there were no major changes compared to. . .