UNECE Task Force on Emission Inventories and Projections

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Reporting Template in Russian
As promised at the Cyprus meeting, we are circulating an LRTAP reporting template in Russian. It is available for download here.

Meeting Presentations and Conclusions from the 2010 TFEIP Cyprus Meeting
Powerpoint presentations and conclusions from the 2010 TFEIP Cyprus meeting are now available.

Update of the Expert Panel on Combustion and Industry website
The website of the Expert Panel on Combustion and Industry has been updated. All the information from the workshop Emission Inventories for Solvent Use (Utrecht, 17 February 2010) is now available from this site.

Autumn Newsletter
The TFEIP Autumn 2010 newsletter was circulated recently. It includes a progress update from the Expert Panels and information on the different areas that the TFEIP is working in. The newsletter also has some details on the 2010 TFEIP meeting in Larnaca, Cyprus in May.

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Welcome to the website of the Task Force on Emission Inventories and Projections, under the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution.

The website contains information about the Task Force, including conclusions and presentations from past meetings and links to related websites, including CEIP (the EMEP Center on Emission Inventories and Projections (hosted by the Austrian Environment Agency), the European Environment Agency (EEA) for the EMEP/CORINAIR Emission Inventory Guidebook, the website of the LRTAP Convention and the emission projection web site of the European Commission.

The Task Force on Emission Inventories and Projections develops the EMEP emission inventory, based on emission data from Parties, and provides a technical forum and expert network to harmonize emission factors, establish methodologies for the evaluation of emission data and projections and identify problems related to emission reporting. The Task Force will focus its work in the coming years on data quality and inventory review and has agreed to an annual three stage review process of submitted inventory data.

In 2007 TFEIP agreed to revised guidelines for reporting of emission data and projections under the Convention. TFEIP is responsible for developing and maintaining the EMEP/CORINAIR Emission Inventory Guidebook used for the estimation and reporting of national emissions. The EEA produces and publishes the official version of the EMEP/CORINAIR Emission Inventory Guidebook. The guidebook is currently undergoing a major update and restructuring and the revised version is expected to become available in september 2008. TFEIP also maintains the air pollution source-category nomenclatures NFR (Nomenclature for reporting) and SNAP (Selected Nomenclature for Air Pollution). TFEIP has established five expert panels on priority areas; two panels on the cross-cutting issues review and projections and three sector panels: combustion and industry, Transport and Agriculture and Nature.

The 2009 Draft EEA/EMEP Emissions Inventory Guidebook chapters are all now available through this website. They can be found here: Draft 2009 Guidebook.