Background

About a year ago IPCC published the new 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (2006 GL), which were prepared by the IPCC in response to an invitation by SBSTA. At SBSTA 26 in spring 2007 the 2006 GL were welcomed and discussed (INF/SBSTA/2007/L.5). The conclusions state the need to consider the 2006 GL in context of the revision of the new reporting guidelines, and encouraged Parties, in position to do so, to gain experience and submit information on their experience. The start of the process to revise the reporting guidelines is expected to start in the fall of 2009. 

The Swedish National System entails distributed responsibilities between several authorities. The Swedish EPA, which is responsible for the final compilation of the inventory and coordination of the National System, has initiated this study in order to gain experiences and to assess consequences for the Swedish inventory system from a possible future use of the new IPCC Guidelines. The Swedish EPA intends to have a dialogue with national authorities, the Ministry of Environment and other EU member states about the results.