Good practice:

Regional Green House Gas (GHG) emissions Inventory

The GHG emissions Inventory (GHG emissions) is a voluntary initiative that collects the quantity of gases emitted into the atmosphere during a period of one year in Navarra, and therefore monitors the mitigation of emissions to address climate change:
• It provides information on the activities causing the emissions, and the methods used to make the calculations and estimations.
• It allows to know the sectors that contribute the most to emissions and their specific contributions, and so, to evaluate compliance with mitigation of emissions - globally and by sector – against climate change.
The inventory assesses GHG emissions in the sectors that originate them: Energy, Industrial Processes and other Products Use, Agriculture and Wastes. It is formulated based on IPCC methodology, in Common Reporting Format. Likewise, emissions are reflected in relation to the so-called traditional sectors: Electricity Generation, Industry, Transport, Residential and Services, Primary Sector and Wastes.
Both direct emissions, and emissions linked to electricity imported and exported to meet the annual electricity demand are considered.
It stablishes the emissions comparison taking as reference both 1990 and 2005.
It is a tool to monitor the Navarra Climate Change Roadmap (KLINA).
The methodology used for the inventory is the established by IPCC in 2006.

The Inventory is carried out by the Circular Economy and Climate Change Service of the Rural Development and Environment Department on Navarra Government, with the support of a technical assistance (Navarra Industrial Association (AIN)). Approx. 15.000€/year for the technical assistance.

The inventory has been carried out continuously since 2007. Before that, in 2000, 2003 and 2005. It provides knowledge to the regional government to stablish and monitor mitigation measures to face climate change. In the case of Navara these measures are stablished in the KLINA.
Considering the last Inventory published, which is the one for 2018, a decrease of 21.07% with respect to the reference year of 2005 in the direct emissions can be seen. 14,74% in the case for total emissions.

It requires people with high expertise involved in the calculation to apply methodologies defined. However, main challenge consists of the data search for calculation.

This good practice may be applicable in every region. It may be accomplished with support of external assistance, or by own resources.
It is used to monitor de GHG emissions in the region, and as a tool to monitor the KLINA, which is the regional policy instrument which defines the climate change roadmap in Navarra, and was approved in 2018, together with the Navarra Energy Plan.
With this instrument, mitigation measures to fight against climate change may be also evaluated.