NEGOTIATIONS
PROCESS
KEY DOCUMENTS
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Data Collection
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Information submitted by:
» U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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» U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
EPA is helping developing countries build national inventory management systems and offers two sets
of tools, consistent with UNFCCC reporting guidelines and available through the web-link below.
- National System Templates that can accommodate varying levels of national capacity and
documents and institutionalize the inventory management process.
- Targeted data collection strategies and software tools to assist developing countries in moving
to higher Tier IPCC methods.
In particular, the U.S. EPA—along with USAID and the University of Colorado—is working
with forest inventory teams in developing countries to enhance technical capacity and develop
sustainable inventory management systems. This work has included development of a software tool
that provides support for estimating the majority of emissions and removals from Land Use, Land Use
Change and Forestry and Agriculture. Thus far, the program has assisted 7 Central American
countries and is currently working with 6 Southeast Asian countries on their national greenhouse
gas inventories for land use, land use change and forestry, and agriculture.
For more information on EPA’s GHG inventory capacity building programs, visit:
< http://epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ghginventorycapacitybuilding/index.html >
For more information on the ALU software program, visit:
< http://www.nrel.colostate.edu/projects/ghgtool/ >
If you have additional questions regarding these tools, please contact U.S. EPA's Climate
Change Division by sending an email to:
< climatechange@epa.gov >
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