Enhancing local expertise capacity for the preparation of the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory (NGHGI)
Tonga’s Fourth National Communication (4NC) Project under the Department of Climate Change conducted a virtual training on the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory (NGHGI) in collaboration with Subarao Consultancy Services SCS New Zealand from the 20th – 23rd of June 2023.
Figure 1 – Ms. Lu’isa Tu’i’afitu Malolo (Director for Climate Change) delivering the opening remarks
Through the span of 4 days, Mr. Srikanth and his team guided local experts from key sectors of Energy, Waste, AFOLU, and IPPU with comprehensive, hands-on, updated & in-depth sector-specific instruction on using the 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines to prepare and update Tonga’s NGHGI.
Ms. Lu’isa Tu’i’afitu Malolo, Director of the Department of Climate Change, during her official opening speech, emphasized the significance of creating a new, accurate NGHGI report, which will be reported under the 4NC report, and how it will be used as a foundation to develop the Third Nationally Determined Contribution, the Third Joint National Action Plan, and the Climate Change Policy.
Figure 2 – Participants during Day 1 presentation
Participants gained vital knowledge on the GHGI process, approaches, and calculation methodologies for GHG emissions where they had the opportunity to practice estimating GHG emissions from their perspective sectors using the IPCC inventory software tool. Participants are expected to collaborate closely moving forward with the Department of Climate Change to develop the NGHGI report under the 4NC report.
Figure 3 – Participants from the AFOLU sector during Day 3 presentation
This training was attended by key personnel from the Departments of Energy and Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Forests (MAFF), Climate Change’s Ozone Depletion Substance Division, and local experts in the field of IPPU and AFOLU.