The Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI)

The TFI develops and refines an internationally-agreed methodology and software for the calculation and reporting of national GHG emissions and removals and encourages the use of this methodology by countries participating in the IPCC and by signatories of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

The TFI was established by the IPCC, at its 14th session (October 1998), to oversee the IPCC National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme (IPCC-NGGIP).

This programme had been undertaken since 1991 by the IPCC Working Group I in close collaboration with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International Energy Agency (IEA). In 1999, the Technical Support Unit (TSU) set up at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in Japan took over this programme in accordance with a decision taken by the IPCC at its 14th session.

The objectives of the TFI are:

  • to develop and refine an internationally-agreed methodology and software for the calculation and reporting of national GHG emissions and removals; and
  • to encourage the widespread use of this methodology by countries participating in the IPCC and by signatories of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

For details, please check TFI website.

 

Organization

TFB

The Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI) has a Bureau (TFB) with 14 members including its two Co-chairs, and a Technical Support Unit. The TFB assists and advises the TFI Co-Chairs with respect to preparation of TFI methodology reports, management of TFI activities, including workshops and expert meetings, and scoping meetings, etc. For more detail, please see TFI website.

TFI-TSU

The inauguration of the TSU took place on Saturday 25 September 1999 in Tokyo, Japan. Currently ten staff members are working in the TSU. For more details, please click here.

Reports

Reports are produced from a series of expert meetings covering a range of topics of interest to inventory compilers. They cover a diverse range of topics including forest greenhouse gas inventories; uncertainty and validation; the managed land proxy; and the use of complex models or direct measurements. These reports can all be downloaded from our website.

 
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Emission Factor Database

The Emission Factor Database (EFDB) is a project supported by the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme (NGGIP), which is managed by the TFI . The EFDB is intended to be a recognized library, where users can find emission factors and other parameters with background documentation or technical references that can be used for estimating greenhouse gas emissions and removals. The responsibility for using this information appropriately remains with the users themselves. To access the EFDB, click here.

IPCC Inventory software

The IPCC Inventory Software implements the simplest Tier 1 methods in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories and as such is useful to users of all versions of the IPCC Guidelines. From Version 2.54, the Software implements Tier 2 methods in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for most categories under Energy, IPPU and Waste Sectors.

To access the software, click here

Activities

The TFI hosts and convenes meetings and activities related to the production of the software methodologies and associated reports. All list of the meetings and relevant documents can be found here.

 
Meeting

Sixtieth Session of the IPCC

January 16, 2024
UNFCCC

IPCC at COP28

November 30, 2023
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TFB Co-Chairs

 

Takeshi Enoki

Co-Chair, Taskforce on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
Japan

Mazhar Hayat

Co-Chair, Taskforce on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
Pakistan
 

TFB Members

 

Amjad Abdulla

TFB Member
Maldives

Laura Elena Dawidowski

TFB Member
Argentina

Giacomo Grassi

TFB Member
Italy

Joni Jupesta

TFB Member
Indonesia

Mohd Talib Latif

TFB Member
Malaysia

Mohammad Rahimi

TFB Member
Iran, Islamic Republic of

Irma Fabiola Ramirez-Hernandez

TFB Member
Mexico

Yasna Rojas

TFB Member
Chile

Maria Jose Sanz Sanchez

TFB Member
Spain

Hamid Abakar Souleymane

TFB Member
Chad

Samir Tantawi

TFB Member
Egypt

Melissa Weitz

TFB Member
United States of America

TSU Staff

 

Sandro Federici

Head of TFI TSU
Japan

André Amaro

Deputy Head
Japan

Baasansuren Jamsranjav

Senior Programme Officer
Japan

Pavel Shermanau

Programme Officer
Japan

Toru Matsumoto

IT Officer
Japan

Eriko Nakamura

Administrative Officer
Japan

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