About the Support Activity

Background

Under the new reporting requirements of the Article 13 under the Paris Agreement, the Parties have to report on their regular GHG Inventories to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as part of their Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs). With this in mind, the UNFCCC Decision 17/CP.8, 18CMA.1 and 5/CMA.3 under the Paris Agreement, Article 15, recommends the use of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) guidelines, particularly the 2006 IPCC Guidelines and IPCC Inventory Software, in the estimation and reporting of national GHG inventories. 

The Capacity-building Initiative for Transparency – Global Support Programme (CBIT-GSP) is a five-year global project, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and executed by the UNEP – Copenhagen Climate Center (UNEP-CCC). The objective of the CBIT-GSP is to provide streamlined support and capacity-building at the national, regional, and global level to assist developing countries in responding to the reporting provisions under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement’s Enhanced Transparency Framework, and ultimately increase ambition for climate action. 

The Republic of Tajikistan intends to start the development of its first BTR this year and being the member of the Regional Network for Transparency in Central Asia and the Caucasus under the CBIT-GSP project, requested support to improve its national GHG Inventory by providing hands-on training on the use of IPCC Inventory Software. Given the that the priority of the Government of Tajikistan for the development of the Energy Sector and a certain level of data gaps, the use of IPCC Inventory Software for Energy is needed. 

To address the request, CBIT-GSP in collaboration with Agency for Hydrometeorology of CEP under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan intends to organize and deliver a three-day training on the 2006 IPCC Guidelines and specifically on IPCC Inventory Software for the Energy Sector. 

Objective

The main objective of the hands-on training is to support the national GHG Inventory team of Tajikistan in improving the compilation of the next GHG Inventory for the Energy Sector by using the IPCC Inventory Software. 

It is expected that the national experts will improve their knowledge and skills in using the IPCC Inventory Software and learn how to automize the GHG emission estimation process for the Energy Sector. 

Approach 

The training is designed as a Training for Trainers (ToT) and intend to increase the level of knowledge of the current pool of experts from the line ministries and departments, who are experienced in collecting data and compiling the national GHG Inventory by using the 2006 IPCC Guidelines. At the same time, the training will include junior specialists, who joined the Agency for Hydrometeorology quite recently. It is expected that this approach used in the training will further capacitate junior specialists in estimating and compiling the national GHG Inventory in Tajikistan and make the process of regular GHG Inventory preparation more sustainable.

Before the in-room training, the team of experts/participants are required to look through the current Tajikistan’s BUR and NDC, which include the latest outputs and estimations of the GHG Inventory. This will help them to be informed about the lessons, mistakes or questions, they want to raise during the training. The participants are also required to install the latest IPCC software on their personal computers but not earlier than the mid of December 2023. The most recent version of the software will be available at the IPCC TFI web-site for download (https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/software/index.html), once it is presented and released at UNFCCC COP28. 

Target Audience

This event is intended for technical experts who deal with the national GHG inventory development, including those providing activity data and those compiling the data for the inventory purpose. Based on the practical example of applying the IPCC Inventory Software for the Energy Sector, other profiled experts will learn how to use the tool for their respective sectors and categories. 

Venue 

The training will be conducted at the premises of the Agency of Hydrometeorology, in the training room, with access to internet and personal computers. 

Duration and Language

The training will continue for 3 days and will be delivered in Russian.