The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) commended the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on its report entitled Good Practice Guidance and Uncertainty Management in National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, referred to below as good practice guidance, prepared in response to the request of the SBSTA at its eighth session. Good practice guidance will assist all Parties in preparing higher-quality greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories in which uncertainties are reduced as far as practicable. Good practice guidance will also support the development of inventories that are transparent, consistent, complete, comparable and accurate.