Mandate

♤ The current mandate of the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme (NGGIP) was approved by IPCC16 (Montreal, May 2000). IPCC19 (Geneva, April 2002) decided to maintain its Task Force on Inventories, co-chaired by two members of the IPCC Bureau (one from an industrialized country and one from a developing country) with twelve additional members on the Task Force Bureau (two per IPCC/WMO region).

♤ The NGGIP is mandated to carry out the work, as approved by the Panel, on inventory-related methodologies and practices.

The Panel decided:

♤ That the IPCC is responsible for assessing and developing inventory methods and practices which are scientifically sound and relevant to all countries, noting particularly the lack of information in developing countries.

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A study by the non-governmental organization, has found that the Suswa River which passes through the Rajaji National Park is highly contaminated with sewage and hence its water may no longer be safe to drink. Two other seasonal rivers of Dehradun, Ris-pana and Bindal, join Suswa in the Dudhi valley.

♤ This includes

(a) developing methods for estimating emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) by sources and removals by sinks,

(b) assessing and developing methods to quantify and to manage uncertainties in the estimates of GHGs,

(c) assessing the scientific literature related to the development of GHG emission factors and management of inventories,

(d) disseminating information related to inventory methods and practices,

(e) identifying the implications of the different options in relation to inventory methods and practices and

(f) assessing scientific issues related to independent verification.