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| Book/Report | FZJ-2018-06552 |
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1994
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Zentralbibliothek, Verlag
Jülich
Please use a persistent id in citations: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/20128
Report No.: Juel-2887
Abstract: Subproject 9 of IKARUS investigates techniques and processes for verifying compliance by states party to the framework convention on climate change and its (future) protocols. They are obliged to limit their GHG emissions and take other climate protection measures and must make (regular) reports on the fulfilment of their obligations. In TP 9 verification is understood to be the independent monitoring of the completeness and correctness of these national reports (declarations) by a specially established organization, although only initial considerations are currently available concerning its form. With the inclusion of the international level, the consideration of all relevant anthropogenic emission sectors and the anticipation of future protocols (e. g. forest protection, agriculture), TP 9 goes beyond the national working field of IKARUS relative to GHG emissions from the energy sector, although it remains closely linked to the overall project since the greatest attention is paid in TP 9 to verifying the declarations via the energy-related GHG emissions. A verification of reports is also required within the framework of efforts by theIPCC and OECD to achieve a standardization of methods for the system of reporting on national GHG emissions (inventories) to be established worldwide. At least as yet the verification concepts of TP 9 and IPCC/DECD differ since they (implicitly) assume different state behaviour: IPCC/DECD concentrate on treaty violations by false or incomplete national declarations which express the states' capacity shortage. It is assumed that in spite of the states' willingness such deficiencies will hamper or delay proper balancing of their emissions. In this sense, verification intends to reveal weaknesses and assist willing but incompetent states to overcome these difficulties with help and advice. This approach is implementation-oriented and corrective. - Over and above this, TP 9 does not exclude the possibility that states or actors in the states deliberately (intentionally) falsify their emission data. Verification measures must therefore be more intensive and capabale of disclosing these intentional treaty violations. For this reason, the feasibility and usefulness of intrusive verification instruments are also examined in TP 9. Evaluation of the instruments, procedures and methods cover two large areas: firstly the (direct) determination of the quantities of GHG released by the respective states by means of measuring techniques and also with the aid of measuring networks and dispersion models; secondly the indirect estimate of the completeness, consistency and accuracy of the emission declarations or the [...]
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