First Regional MRV Technical Training - Asia (September 2013)
This training workshop provided information and instruction on programmatic and technical issues related to monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at the facility-level. The target audience was PMR Implementing Country Participants in Asia.
Date:
Sep 23 - 25, 2013
Venue:
Beijing, China
| Day 1: September 23, 2013 | ||
| 8:30 | Registration | |
| 1. Opening and Introduction | ||
| 9:00 | ||
| Xueman Wang, PMR Secretariat | ||
| Sun Cuihua, National Development Reform Commission, China | ||
| Michael McCormick, PMR Secretariat | ||
| 2. Introduction to MRV & Types of MRV Activities | ||
| Discussion of similarities and differences of MRV for the purpose of national emissions inventories, facility-level inventories, emissions reduction project reporting, NAMAs, and non-GHG (i.e., energy and environmental) reporting | ||
| 9:30 | ||
| Ranping Song, World Resources Institute China | ||
| Thomas Baumann, Greenhouse Gas Management Institute | ||
| MRV Introduction and Overview | ||
| MRV Introduction and Overview (Chinese) | ||
| 10:30 | Break | |
| 3. Overview of Facility-Level MRV Programs | ||
| Four countries shared their experience from facility-level MRV programs. | ||
| 10:45 | ||
| Rob Fowler, Greenhouse Gas Management Institute | ||
| JBalawant Joshi, Idam Infrastructure Advisory Pvt. Ltd. India | ||
| Zheng Shuang, National Center of Climate Change Strategic Research, China | ||
| Kong Chiu, Environment Protection Agency, United States | ||
| Hubert Fallman, Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Austria | ||
| Overview of Facility-Level MRV Programs | ||
| Overview of Facility-Level MRV Programs (Chinese) | ||
| 12:15 | Lunch | |
| 4. MRV Program Design Elements | ||
| Explanation of key design elements with examples from specific MRV programs, including: - Principles (e.g., completeness, transparency, etc.) - Objectives (e.g., value, quality, etc.) - Applicability (e.g., by emissions thresholds, by class or “all-in”) - Defining a reporting entity and point of regulation - Defining a facility/installation, including identification of sources within a facility and source exclusion lists - Defining GHGs to report - Reporting schedules - Non-emissions data to report - Institutional arrangements |
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| 13:30 | ||
| Ranping Song, World Resources Institute China | ||
| Tang Jin, SinoCarbon Innovation & Investment Co., Ltd. China | ||
| Kong Chiu, Environment Protection Agency, United States | ||
| Hubert Fallman, Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Austria | ||
| MRV Program Design Elements | ||
| MRV Program Design Elements (Chinese) | ||
| 15:00 | Break | |
| 5. MRV Design | ||
| 15:15 | ||
| Participants formed groups to examine MRV objectives and key program design elements. Groups shared the findings and results with other participants. | ||
| 6. MRV Readiness | ||
| 16:00 | ||
| Participants formed groups by country. Relating to the previous sessions, participants went through a “readiness” assessment process for a MRV program, considering their current vs. planned future program. | ||
| 16:45 | Wrap up | |
| End of Day 1 | ||
| Day 2: September 24, 2013 | ||
| 7. Emissions Quantification | ||
| Overview of different quantification approaches, relating to options and trade-offs, including methodology tiers, uncertainty, data requirements using examples of different source categories. | ||
| 9:30 | ||
| Rob Fowler, Greenhouse Gas Management Institute | ||
| Tang Jin, SinoCarbon Innovation & Investment Co., Ltd. China | ||
| Hubert Fallman, Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Austria | ||
| Emissions Quantification | ||
| Emissions Quantification (Chinese) | ||
| 10:30 | Break | |
| 8. Monitoring and Data Management | ||
| Overview of monitoring and data management approaches, including options and trade-offs, using examples of different source categories, as well as non-emissions data (e.g., production). Topics included general and specific monitoring requirements including methodology considerations, equipment (monitors, sensors, meters), calibration, standards (e.g. technical, industry), monitoring schedules, and record keeping. | ||
| 10:45 | ||
| Tom Baumann, Greenhouse Gas Management Institute | ||
| Zheng Shuang, National Center of Climate Change Strategic Research, China | ||
| Kong Chiu, Environment Protection Agency, United States | ||
| Monitoring and Data Management | ||
| Monitoring and Data Management (Chinese) | ||
| 12:15 | Lunch | |
| 9. QA/QC and Verification | ||
| Overview of options and trade-offs of different verification and QA/QC approaches, including 1st party (self-check), 2nd party (program check), and 3rd party (independent auditor); also including examples of approaches for different source categories. | ||
| 13:30 | ||
| Ranping Song, World Resources Institute China | ||
| Kong Chiu, Environment Protection Agency, United States | ||
| Hubert Fallman, Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Austria | ||
| QA and QC | ||
| QA and QC (Chinese) | ||
| 15:00 | Break | |
| 10. Technical MRV Issues | ||
| 15:15 | Participants formed groups according to areas of interest in emissions quantification, monitoring and verification. Relating to the previous sessions, groups shared perspectives on the options and trade-offs of the different approaches to technical MRV. Each group then shared the results with the wider workshop. | |
| Workshop Group Exercise | ||
| Workshop Group Exercise (Chinese) | ||
| 16:00 | ||
| Participants formed groups according to different sectors (e.g., power, mining, manufacturing, cement). Relating to the previous sessions, groups shared perspectives on the options and trade-offs for emissions quantification, monitoring, and verification. Each group then shared the results with the wider workshop. | ||
| End of Day 2 | ||
| Day 3: September 25, 2013 | ||
| 11. Registries and Reporting | ||
| Overview of design issues and systems for collecting, processing, storing, and publicizing GHG information. | ||
| 9:30 | ||
| Rob Fowler, Greenhouse Gas Management Institute | ||
| Tang Jin, SinoCarbon Innovation & Investment Co., Ltd. China | ||
| Hubert Fallman, Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Austria | ||
| Registries and Reporting | ||
| Registries and Reporting (Chinese) | ||
| 10:30 | Break | |
| 12. Stakeholder Engagement and Training | ||
| Overview of program outreach, training and communications methods and tools, and engagement/coordination with key stakeholder groups, including - Institutional and policy partners - Internal expert networks - External Communities of Practice - Reporting entities - Service providers |
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| 10:45 | ||
| Tom Baumann, Greenhouse Gas Management Institute | ||
| Balawant Joshi, Idam Infrastructure Advisory Pvt. Ltd. India | ||
| Katherine Sibold, Environment Protection Agency, United States | ||
| Stakeholder Engagement | ||
| Stakeholder Engagement (Chinese) | ||
| Briefing Note: Stakeholder Engagement | ||
| Briefing Note: Stakeholder Engagement (Chinese) | ||
| Training | ||
| Training (Chinese) | ||
| 12:15 | Lunch | |
| 13. Institutional Arrangements | ||
| Discussion of MRV program administration, oversight, and relationship with other governmental institutions. | ||
| 13:30 | ||
| Rob Fowler, Greenhouse Gas Management Institute | ||
| Institutional Arrangements | ||
| Institutional Arrangements (Chinese) | ||
| 14. Knowledge Management | ||
| Application of knowledge management to GHG MRV program management, including knowledge management framework, self-assessment (benchmark/gap analysis), strategies (vision and roadmap), methodologies, and techniques. | ||
| 14:15 | ||
| Tom Baumann, Greenhouse Gas Management Institute | ||
| U.S. Greenhous Gas Reporting Program - A Look Back | ||
| U.S. Greenhous Gas Reporting Program - A Look Back (Chinese) | ||
| 15:00 | Break | |
| 15:15 | Participants formed groups by country (smaller countries with similar circumstances potentially grouped together) to evaluate institutional arrangement issues and considerations. | |
| 16:00 | Wrap up | |
| End of training | ||
