In this CD-ROM are
presented the reports of the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions and Removals
Inventory of the Republic of Cuba corresponding to the years 1990 (CITMA-CCTRAIN,
1999); 1994 (CITMA-UNDP-GEF, 2000) and 1996 (CITMA, 2002). In the report
corresponding to 1996 is included, furthermore, the update of the emissions
previously calculated in the 1990 and 1994 inventories. Constitute a good
practice in the inventories preparation, to make the recalculation of the
emissions estimate previously, when have been produced changes due to the
introduction of new and better estimation methods, activity data, emission
factors etc.
Also is included in the CD
a presentation in Power Point with a general summary of the principals
results obtained for 1990,
1994 and 1996 as well as the preliminary estimates for the 1998 inventory
that is currently in review phase and that will be presented in the Volume
2 of
this series. Estimates of
the emissions are included for the period 1990 - 2000. The
data that appear for
the years in which was not prepared inventory, proceed of
interpolations obtained by
the substitution method using drivers.
The preparation, periodic updating, publication and transmission to the Conference of the Parties of national inventories of the anthropogenic emissions by the sources and of the removals by the sinks of all Greenhouse Gases (GHG), not controlled by the Montreal Protocol, is one of the commitments contracted by all the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Cuba signed the UNFCCC during the Summit of the Earth in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (June 1992), and ratified it on January 5, 1994, becoming effective for the country on April 5, 1994.
The results of the inventories corresponding to 1990 and 1994 form part of the Initial Communication of Cuba to the UNFCC, while the inventory of the year 1996 and others in preparation will form part of the Second Communication.
In the determination of the emissions, are used the 1996 IPCC Revised Guidelines (IPCC-OECD-IEA, 1997) that are the approved by the Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC for the preparation of National GHG Emissions Inventories. Furthermore, though yet they are not of obligatory use for the developing countries, in the inventory corresponding to 1996 was introduced, in the extension that resulted possible, the application of the IPCC Good Practice Guidance and Uncertainty Management in National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 2000). Also, and as complement of the previous guides, for some source categories are applied other internationally recognized methodologies. In the inventory are used, fundamentally, country specific official data prepared by the National Statistics Office.
The preparation of the inventories is based on the work of a multidisciplinary technical team (the GHG National Inventory Technical Team) with three working groups coordinated by the Institute of Meteorology (INSMET), belonging to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA). In this team participate specialists of several organizations and institutions of the country.
To facilitate the search and
comparison of the presented results, the reports of the three years have
a similar structure numbering for the modules and the different caption
hierarchies. The three reports have, as principal content, the following
elements:
Inventory
Report for the Base Year 1990
Inventory
Report for the Year 1994
Inventory
Report for the Year 1996
Summary
for the Inventories 1990, 1994 and 1996 (Power Point Show)
In each report, will find the links that facilitate you to accede, with rapidity, to the different modules or other parts of your specific interest.
©Greenhouse Gas National Inventory Technical
Team
INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY
Atmospheric Chemistry and Pollution Center
Carretera del Asilo s/n, Loma de Casablanca,
La Habana
Apartado 17032, CP 11700, Habana 17, Cuba
Telef: (537)8670721-26; Fax:(537)338010