The 16th Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories in Asia

• Mutual Learning on Energy / India and Vietnam
  Facilitator: Naofumi Kosaka (GIO)
• Mutual Learning on Waste / Lao PDR and Japan
  Facilitator: Hiroyuki Ueda (MURC)
• Hands-on Training on Agriculture
• Hands-on Training on F gases

Opening Session

MC: Yukihiro Nojiri (GIO)
Rapporteur: Atsuko Hayashi (GIO)

• Welcome Address
  J.R.Bhatt (India)
• Welcome Address
  Nobuhiro Kino (MOEJ)
• Overview of WGIA16 [PDF: 1.02MB]
  Hiroshi Ito (GIO)
• "Presentation on India’s GHG preparation" [PDF: 340KB]
  Amit Garg (India)
• "Presentation on Japan’s achievement on Climate Change" [PDF: 1.21MB]
  Takumi Ichikawa (MOEJ)
• Key note Address
  A.K.Mehta (India)
• Special Address
  Hideki Asari (Embassy of Japan)
• Special Address
  Siddanta Das (India)
• Inaugural Address
  Harsh Vardhan (India)

Session I: Updates on the National Communications (NCs) and Biennial Update Reports (BURs) from non-Annex I Parties and Preparing for the Enhanced Transparency Framework

Co-Chairs: Kiyoto Tanabe (IPCC/TFI) and Amit Garg (IIM A)
Rapporteur: Atsuko Hyashi (GIO)

• "Updates on the Third National Communication (TNC) and initial Biennial Update Report (iBUR) of the Mongolia" [PDF: 833KB]
  Sanaa Enkhtaivan/ Gerelmaa Shaariibuu (Mongolia)
• "Papua New Guinea's Second National Communications Report" [PDF: 689KB]
  Erick Immanuel Sarut (PNG)
• "Sharing the Experience of the second BUR and ICA of the Republic of Korea" [PDF: 492KB]
  Hyung-Wook Choi (ROK)
• "Current Status of Negotiations and Prospects for the Transparency Framework under the Paris Agreement" [PDF: 380KB]
  Takashi Morimoto (MURC)

Session II: Fluorinated Gas Emissions from non-Annex I Parties

Co-Chairs: Sumana Bhattacharya (AB/ IORA Ecological Solutions) and Atul Bagai (UNEP)
Rapporteur: Atsuko Hyashi (GIO)

• "The Kigali Amendment and the Status of Reporting of Fluorinated Gases under the UNFCCC Emissions, Methods, and Gaps" [PDF: 1.14MB]
  Elsa Hatanaka (GIO)
• "Development of F-gas emissions estimation from non-Annex I Parties: A Case Study of Thailand" [PDF: 1.53MB]
  Kraichat Tantakarnapa (Thailand)
• "Estimating Fluorinated Gas from the Industrial Processes and Gases Emission from Product Use Sector" [PDF: 164KB]
  Elizabeth Philip (Malaysia)
• "Estimation of Fluorinated Gases Emission from Semiconductor Industry" [PDF: 429KB]
  Pitt Yu Zhe (Singapore)

Session III: Data Collection and Archivings

Co-Chairs: Sirintornthep Towprayoon (AB/ King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi) and Kirit Parikh (IRADe) Rapporteur: Atsuko Hayashi (GIO)

• Bhutan Carbon Neutral (Greenhouse Gas Inventory Institutional Arrangements)" [PDF: 1.28MB]
  Dawa Chogyel/Rinzin Namgay (Bhutan)
• "One GHG Emission Data Policy of Indonesia" [PDF: 1.49MB]
  Joko Prihatno (Indonesia)
• "Developing GHG Inventory Management System for Korean Energy Sector" [PDF: 1.28MB]
  Sung-kyun Kim (RoK)
• "Data Development Approach for National Forest Inventory in Japan" [PDF: 5.06MB]
  Masaya Nishimura (FAJ)

Session IV: GHG Inventories, Projections and Related Activities

Co-Chairs: Takahiko Hiraishi (IGES) and K. J. Ramesh (IMD)
Rapporteur: Atsuko Hayashi (GIO)

• IPCC TFI: Recent Activities [PDF: 1.02MB]
  Andrej Kranjc (IPCC/TFI/TSU)
• "Australia’s National System for GHG Inventory Reporting (TBD)" [PDF: 1.03MB]
  Monami Das Gupta (Australia)
• "Emissions Projections of GHGs, SLCPs and Air Pollutants in the Transport Sector and Importance of Improving National GHG Inventories" [PDF: 2.54MB]
  Tatsuya Hanaoka (NIES)
• "Use of GHG Observations by Satellites for Estimating Surface Emissions" [PDF: 2.29KB]
  Shamil Maksyutov (NIES)
• "Black Carbon in the Atmosphere: Importance, Emission Estimates, and Monitoring" [PDF: 1.32MB]
  Yutaka Kondo (NIPR)

Poster Session

• P-1 : Introduction of GHG data information system in Korea
  Kyeongah Ahn
  Greenhouse gas Inventory and Research center of Korea
• P-2 : PNG's Institutional Arrangement for the Development of its National Greenhouse Gas Inventory data and statistics
  Larsen Daboyan
  Papua New Guinea Climate Change & Development Authority
• P-3 : China's Institutional Arrangement for National GHG Inventory Preparation
  Su Mingshan, Zhu Songli, Ma Cuimei
  National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC)
• P-4 : Seasonal methane emissions from landfill sites of Republic of Korea
  Myoung-seok Lee
  Korea Environment Corporation(K-eco)
• P-5 : A study on the emission characteristics of GHGs according to waste characteristics (Fluidized bed incinerating facility)
  Byeong-guk Jeon
  Korea Environment Corporation(K-eco)
• P-6 : Space based GHG monitoring with GOSAT satellite
  Shamil Maksyutov, Tsuneo Matsunaga
  National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan
• P-7 : Cambodia's Institutional Arrangement for National GHG Inventory
  Leang Sophal, Sum Cheat
  Department of Climate Change, General Secretariat of National Council for Sustainable Development/Ministry of Environment
• P-8 : Preparation of Japan’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Trends in GHG Emissions
  GIO of Japan
• P-9 : Bridging the Data Gap: A National Disaggregation Effort to Support Sub-National GHG Estimates
  Chirag Gajjar, Subrata Chakrabarty
  World Resource Institute India, India
• P-10 : Bhutan Carbon Neutral (Greenhouse Gas Inventory Institutional Arrangements)
  Dawa Chogyel, Rinzin Namgay (Bhutan)
• P-11 : NC Preparation of Myanmar (Data Collection and Archiving)
  Thin Thuzar Win
  Environmental Conservation Department
  Ministry of Natural Resource and Environmental Conservation , Myanmar

Wrap-up Session

Co-Chairs: A K Mehta (India) and Yukihiro Nojiri (GIO)

• Summary of the Mutual Learning Sessions [PDF: 601KB]
  Takefumi Oda (GIO)
• Summary of the Plenary Sessions [PDF: 274KB]
  Atsuko Hayashi (GIO)

Closing Remarks

• Closing Remarks
  A K Mehta (India)
• Closing Remarks
  Yukihiro Nojiri (GIO)

Joint Meeting of the WGIA Organizing Committee and Advisory Board (Members of the OC and AB, the WGIA Secretariat are required to attend)

Chair: Hiroshi Ito (GIO)

• Review of Activities in WGIA16
• Discussion on Topics for WGIA17

• Site visit to International Solar Alliance and National Institute of Solar Energy