Ministry of the Environment, COP22 JAPAN PAVILION Start OUR Story

11/14
MON

13:00-14:30

Title	Efforts to Use Satellite Data in IPCC Guidelines for National GHG Inventories
Contents	Each country submitted targets to reduce GHG emissions to COP21. The Paris Agreement 2015 requires these countries to take action to address targets and report emissions. The IPCC Guidelines for National GHG Inventories to estimate emissions will be revised in 2019. This event is to report and discuss on the usefulness of satellite GHG data and its utilization methods in order to add descriptions on verification of the use of satellite data into revisions of the guidelines.
Organiser / Co-organiser	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) / Ministry of the Environment, Japan / National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)
Programme	Showing Video Key Note Speech: Japanese Efforts to Paris Agreement Dr. Takemoto, Director, Research and Information Office, Ministry of the Environment Theme#1 Current Status and Issues of GHG Inventory Current Status of IPCC Guideline and Issues of GHG Inventory Dr. Kiyoto Tanabe, Co-chair, IPCC/ Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI) Expectations for Satellite Observation Data to Contribute to GHG Inventory Dr. Simon Eggleston, GCOS Terrestrial Observations, Global Climate Observing System Theme#2 How to use satellite GHG concentration data for verification of GHG emission inventories Dr. Tsuneo Matsunaga, Director, Satellite Observation Center, National Institute for Environmental Studies Theme#3 Current Status of GHG Observation by Satellites and Future Plans Dr. Kei Shiomi - Earth Observation Research Center, JAXA Dr. Lesley Ott - Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Dr. Pascale ULTRE-GUERARD - Head of Earth Observation Programme, CNES Questions and Answers
Session Summary	According to Paris Agreement 2015, all parties have to communicate Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) every 5 years and in order to produce NDCs, countries have to refer to the GreenHouse Gases (GHG) inventory guidelines compiled by IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). As the IPCC guidelines will be revised in 2019, Ministry of Environment (MOE), together with National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), is trying, in cooperation with related organizations, that satellites will be defined as a means of observing/validating GHG emissions or NDCs in the revised guidelines. In this event, the current status of IPCC Guideline, issues in compiling GHG inventory as well as the expected roles of global GHG monitoring satellite data were reported. Also, the presenters from space agencies introduced their future visions and their efforts for improving the data accuracy, showcasing the GHG data observed by each satellite. In conclusion, it was confirmed that there is a growing trend towards satellite data – At the moment, in IPCC, they are being considered to be defined as one of the ways to observe/validate not only GHG emissions but also land use changes - thanks to the improved data availability and analyzing technologies. However, they still need to be combined/verified with the ground-based data and also should be incorporated with climate models to provide more accurate and reliable data. The space agencies and related organizations should consolidate the collaborative activities through existent international frameworks to overcome the challenges and achive the goal.
Key Messages	Across the world, new GHG related missions will be launched on a consistent basis and both the data availability and sensors will be improved accordingly. Under these circumstances, the satellite data are being considered to be one of the means to observe/validate GHG emissions. However, some challenges still remain: combining/verificating with the ground observation data, ensuring the data accuracy, or improving climate models. Also it was pointed out that the data of land use changes and biomass should be combined to monitor GHG emissions comprehensively. It was confirmed that space agencies and related organizations should consolidate the collaborative activities through existent international frameworks to overcome the challenges and achive the goal: satellite data being an authentic way to observe/validate GHG emissions.
Materials	Event Flyer (PDF・371KB) Presentation 1 (PDF・787KB) Presentation 2 (PDF・906KB) Presentation 3 (PDF・166KB) Presentation 4 (PDF・2,089KB) Presentation 5 (PDF・772KB) Presentation 6 (PDF・2,941KB) Presentation 7 (PDF・921KB) Presentation 8 (PDF・1,129KB)
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Reporters	Daisuke Tajiri, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Mon 14 November 13:00-14:30