About IPCC-NGGIP
The Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established by the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
in 1988. Its main objective was to assess scientific, technical and
socio-economic information relevant to the understanding of human
induced climate change, potential impacts of climate change and options
for mitigation and adaptation. The IPCC has completed four assessment
reports, developed methodology guidelines for national greenhouse
gas inventories, special reports and technical papers. For more information
on the IPCC, its activities and publications, please see the IPCC
homepage.
The IPCC has three working groups and a task force.
The TFI was established by the IPCC, at its 14th session (October
1998), to oversee the IPCC National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
Programme (IPCC-NGGIP). This programme had been undertaken since
1991 by the IPCC WG I in close collaboration with the Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International
Energy Agency (IEA). In 1999, the Technical
Support Unit (TSU) set up at the Institute
for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in Japan took over
this programme in accordance with a decision taken by the IPCC at
its 14th session.
The objectives of the IPCC-NGGIP are:
- to develop and refine an internationally-agreed methodology and
software for the calculation and reporting of national GHG emissions
and removals; and
- to encourage the widespread use of this methodology by countries
participating in the IPCC and by signatories of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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