Practical Guidance
2019
2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
At a glance
What it examines
How greenhouse gas emissions and removals are estimated, sector by sector.
Why it is useful
Most carbon quantification work traces back to these methods and default factors.
Who may benefit
Inventory compilers, project developers, auditors and students of carbon accounting.
It helps you understand
What sits behind a tonne of CO2e in a report or project document.
Summary
Methodological guidance that updates and supplements the 2006 Guidelines. It sets out how to estimate emissions and removals by sector, from energy and industry to agriculture, land use and waste.
Original summary written for The Free Degrees. Not an official abstract.
Key themes
Estimation methods by sector
Default emission factors
Uncertainty and quality control
Scope and limitations
Written for national inventory compilers, but widely used as the technical reference behind project-level quantification methods.
Findings
Findings are not restated here. Please read them in the original source, where they appear with their stated confidence and context.
Citation
IPCC (2019). 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. IPCC, Switzerland.