IPCC-TFI Technical Support Unit (TSU) Internship

Background

The TSU Inventory Internship, established and funded as part of Japan's contribution to the inventory programme, provides the opportunity to young researchers/scientists to familiarise themselves with the IPCC methodologies for national greenhouse gas inventories through applied studies on the science relevant to specific sector(s). The aims of the programme is to:

• provide an opportunity to young researchers/scientists to familiarise themselves with the IPCC methodologies for national GHG inventories through applied studies on the science relevant to specific sector(s);
• disseminate the IPCC methodologies for GHG Inventories through interns mainly from developing and EIT countries;
• identify and fill gaps in the science/data/information with a view towards contributing to the future revisions of the IPCC Guidelines;
• promote the evolution of a network of greenhouse gas inventory experts.

Completed Internships

• Sabin Guendehou (Jan 2005 - Jan 2006)

Sabin Guendehou (Benin) held the post of intern throughout 2005. Sabin has worked on applying the IPCC Good Practice Guidelines on Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry to his country. Benin has few resources and limited data about land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) however its first national communication identified the LULUCF sector as the largest single contributor to its greenhouse gas emissions.

This study clearly shows how the IPCC guidelines can be used in this and similar countries without large resources to improve the estimates from this sector and how use of the uncertainty estimation can be used to identify parameters that need to be reviewed to improve the overall estimates.

The report is Land Use Changes and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes: Scientific Understanding and Contribution to Improving Methodologies for Greenhouse Gas Inventory in Benin (PDF, 1.01MB).

• Olga Gassan-Zade (Jun 2003 - Mar 2004)

National GHG Emission Factors in Former Soviet Union Countries (PDF, 561KB)

The TFI Internship Programme does not imply IPCC, or IGES, endorsement or approval of products, recommendations or conclusions produced by the internship programme. Neither this report nor any presentation of the results has been subjected to IPCC review.