Mandate

In 2007, the Centre on Emission Inventories and Projections (CEIP) was established by a decision of the UNECE Executive Body (ECE/EB.AIR/91) to offer to the Parties, the EMEP task forces, centres and other international organizations, its expertise, databases and tools related to air pollutant emission inventories. Since 2007 CEIP has been hosted by Umweltbundesamt (Environment Agency Austria).

Revised mandate for CEIP (ECE/EB.AIR/144/Add.1-2001542 (E) : Decision 2019/14)

The Executive Body

  1.  Notes with appreciation the hosting of the Centre on Emission Inventories and Projections by Environment Agency Austria;
  2.  Adopts the revised mandate of the Centre on Emission Inventories and Projections as contained in the annex to the present decision, which includes the key objectives and functions of the Centre to be carried out on an ongoing basis, whereas additional activities and specific tasks and associated deliverables to be carried out in a shorter time frame will be included in the biennial workplans for the implementation of the Convention;
  3.  Decides that the Centre is responsible for communicating with national experts, for maintaining an up-to-date web page that includes information on its work, and for other organizational arrangements in accordance with the biennial workplan;
  4.  Decides that the Centre is responsible for carrying out the work assigned to it in the biennial workplans approved by the Executive Body, and reporting thereon, as well as for keeping other relevant bodies apprised of its work.
Annex
  1. The Centre on Emission Inventories and Projections will continue to have principal responsibility for coordinating the emission-related work under EMEP.
  2. The Centre reports on its activities and deliverables to the Steering Body to EMEP.
  3. The functions of the Centre are to:

(a) Compile emission data reported by Parties to the Convention and import them into the EMEP/Centre on Emission Inventories and Projections database; maintain and improve the EMEP/Centre on Emission Inventories and Projections database system and the Centre on Emission Inventories and Projections website; Adjust the database system (WebDab, RepDab) according to new reporting requirements and reporting formats; make reported data accessible to public on the web;

(b) Carry out annual quality control of inventories reported under the Convention; evaluate timeliness, consistency and completeness of submitted data; plan and organize an annual technical in-depth review of submitted inventories; regularly improve/develop new tests for emission checking; set up review teams and communicate with Parties; communicate the results to the Parties and the EMEP Steering Body;

(c) Develop emission data sets for modellers (gridded data of EMEP pollutants for the EMEP area); calculate expert estimates for missing data and use a module-based gridding system and proxies for the spatial distribution of gap-filled emission data for the new EMEP grid domain in geographical coordinates (0.1° x 0.1° longitude/latitude); develop distribution of emissions for Parties that do not report gridded data; perform checks of gridded data; during a transition period, provide gridded data also in resolution 50 x 50km EMEP grid, if requested;

(d) Support the Implementation Committee in reviewing compliance with reporting obligations: carry out periodic review of compliance with Parties’ reporting obligations and emission trends, based on emission and projection data submitted to EMEP and available in the WebDab emission database;

(e) Support EMEP by managing review of adjustment applications to emission reduction commitments or inventories and any supporting documentation submitted by Parties in accordance with Executive Body decisions 2012/3, 2012/4 and 2012/12; set up review teams and communicate with Parties; maintain the online database system for storage and review of approved adjustments and supporting documentation provided by Parties;

(f) Assess emission uncertainties by comparison of Convention data with emission data from other sources, such as the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and, to the extent possible, quantification of the differences;

(g) Cooperate closely with the secretariat, the Task Force on Emission Inventories and Projections and the European Environment Agency through capacity-building activities (training sessions, workshops, country visits) in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Furthermore, the Centre on Emission Inventories and Projections provides online ad hoc support to technical experts from the region;

(h) Build on the emission-related work within EMEP; cooperate with the other EMEP centres and task forces and the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, the Austrian Ministry of Environment, the European Environment Agency, the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and the European Commission; Participate in relevant meetings organized by the partner organizations and EMEP bodies; contribute to joint reports with other centres;

(i) Carry out other tasks assigned to it by the EMEP Steering Body and the Executive Body.