Measurement and Performance Tracking Workshop

The World Resources Institute will be hosting a workshop focused on measuring and tracking greenhouse gas emissions on Sunday, December 2nd in Doha, Qatar. The workshop, which is scheduled to take place on the sidelines of COP 18, will include a discussion on the capacities needed for developing a national GHG inventory, as well as a session to receive feedback on WRI’s draft mitigation accounting guidelines, which aim to quantify the emissions reductions associated with policies, actions and goals.

Agenda

1:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 1: Mitigation Accounting Guidelines
	Presentation on new Greenhouse Gas Protocol standards for quantifying GHG reductions from mitigation actions and policies and tracking progress toward GHG reduction goals Panel discussion with experts sharing international experience on measuring GHG reductions from mitigation actions, policies, and goals Opportunity to provide feedback on draft GHG Protocol standards Downloads GHG Protocol: Tracking Progress Toward GHG Mitigation Goals (PDF, 44 pages, 1.2 Mb) Climate Action Tracker (PDF, 18 pages, 1.4 Mb) Measuring China’s CO2 Reductions (PDF, 23 pages, 945 Kb) Rio de Janeiro’s Climate Policy Strategies (PDF, 23 pages, 1.5 Mb)
4:00 PM – 6:30 PM	Session 2: Capacity Building for National GHG Inventories
	A discussion around common capacity constraints in non-Annex 1 countries. Presentations from non-Annex 1 countries around national experiences in for example initiating and sustaining a national inventory system, coordination by the lead agency and developing an emissions inventory for the LULUCF sector. Recommendations for capacity building efforts. Downloads Capacity Building for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (PDF, 21 pages, 830 Kb) South Africa’s National GHG Inventory (PDF, 11 pages, 634 Kb) Thailand’s National GHG Inventory (PDF, 22 pages, 2.2 Mb) MAPT and MRV Capacity Building in Ethiopia (PDF, 17 pages, 451 Kb) Capacity Building for GHG Inventories in Eastern and Southern Africa (PDF, 18 pages, 433 Kb) IPCC Support to National GHG Inventories (PDF, 42 pages, 3.5 Mb)
6:30PM	Dinner

Project Partners

The Measurement and Performance Tracking project is made possible by a number of WRI supporters including the International Climate Initiative. The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety supports this initiative on the basis of a decision adopted by the German Bundestag.