Examples of NAI Parties in a sentence
Since 2002, developing countries are reporting their NCs according to the guidelines for the preparation of NCs from NAI Parties (adopted by decision 17/CP.8).
This guidance aims to assist NAI Parties in meeting a significant part of their reporting requirements to the UNFCCC, i.e. the national GHG inventory, by setting up or enhancing national technical teams for the preparation and reporting of GHG inventories on a regular basis within a national system of GHG inventories.
Lessons learned from the Annex I countries are helpful for NAI Parties, keeping in mind that reporting requirements for Annex I countries are more rigorous (e.g. annual reporting of inventory).The guidance presented in this paper can be visualised as a step-by-step process that sequentially addresses key actions for setting up or enhancing a national technical team for GHG inventories (Figure 1).
The new 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (hereafter: 2006 IPCC Guidelines) show significant improvements over the 1996 IPCC Guidelines and a number of NAI Parties are making efforts to already follow those guidelines.
The requirements for reporting by NAI Parties have evolved since the UNFCCC was established.
The first BURs were due in December 2014.Currently, in accordance with the guidelines for the preparation of NCs from NAI Parties, GHG inventories should, as a minimum, be prepared following the Revised 1996 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
In the context of an ongoing, two-year cycle of GHG inventory preparation and reporting, there is a need to institutionalise the related processes within a national system for measurement, reporting and verification (MRV), compliant with the reporting requirements for NAI Parties under the UNFCCC.
For non-Annex I (NAI) Parties, which are mostly developing countries, the periodicity of inventory reporting is dependent on the requirements for submission of National Communications (NCs) and Biennial Update Reports (BURs).
Many NAI Parties continue to rely on funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) as well as other internationally and/or bilaterally funded projects to develop their GHG inventories, BURs3 and NCs. Additionally, in the past, these approaches for support have frequently relied on external technical experts, rather than on building capacities of national personnel.
Nevertheless, while the UNFCCC recognises that NAI Parties require financial and technical assistance and support for the preparation of NCs and BURs, it is also important to consider that GEF and other international funding may not be a long-term solution for fully financing the GHG inventory, in particular if the aim is to institutionalise the inventory into the national structures and build up the necessary capacities.