Workshops 2 & 3
RESOURCES
Methods & Processes for Preparing GPC Municipal Emissions Inventories – Presentation
Activity Calculation Methods – Presentation
Objectives:
To build understanding of the role and importance of inventory management and QA/QC processes in the development of high quality inventories
To build understanding of regional GPC inventories including benefits, boundary setting, materiality assessments, calculation methodologies and data sources
This workshop was intended to provide local government practitioners with a deeper understanding of GPC, and built on the topics from Workshop 1 in more detail. For example:
Understanding municipal boundaries and implications for your council or region
Understanding, in increasing detail, what is involved in your inventory
Targets and program design
Aggregated and downscaled data issues and opportunities
Integrating corporate emissions inventories and other programs (NCOS, NGERS)
Using CIRIS (the City Inventory Reporting and Information System)
Step through data sources in more details for each emission source
Onboarding new data sets into the future
Using peer-to-peer resources for ongoing skill development and collaboration
How to effectively collaborate, using international examples
Technical Workshop
This part of the workshop provided much greater detail about conducting a GPC inventory. For example:
More detailed discussion on methods
Discussion on the relative strengths and weaknesses of each method
Finding local data
Using geospatial information (GIS)
Making corrections to old information
Materiality assessments
Common errors, assumptions and considerations
How to find and remedy errors
How to track anomalies and unusual results based on multiple methodologies
Using technical working groups and forums for issue resolution, and how to communicate with international verification bodies
Collaboration – next steps discussion