Data for Slovenia

Objectives summarized by: Resolution on National Environmental Action Programme 2005-2012 (ReNPVO, Official Gazette of the RS, No. 2/06).
Source database or source: GHG Inventory. GHG Archives.Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia.
Data administrator: Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, Tajda Mekinda Majaron.
Data acquisition date for this indicator: 29 May 2009
Methodology and frequency of data collection for the indicator: The data is presented for the 1986-2007 period.
The majority of input data for the calculation of emissions was collected from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia database. This data contains mainly information on fuel consumption and the associated calorific value and data from the agricultural sector (livestock numbers, output quantity and use of fertilisers). Data on vehicle fleet and the number of kilometres driven for the calculation of emissions from road traffic was obtained from the Ministry of the Interior of the RS and the Slovenian Roads Agency. Other input data was collected from the Environmental Agency of the RS databases. This is mainly the data on emissions trade and solid waste management. To a lesser extent, data was also obtained on the basis of individual agreements with producers or consumers. Data is collected annually and can be updated for past years when necessary.

Data processing methodology: Greenhouse gas emissions are calculated on the basis of IPCC methodology, developed under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Greenhouse gas inventories data was prepared on the basis of the IPCC methodology (IPCC 1996, 2000). Bearing in mind the importance of the source and available data, various approaches were used (Tier) within the IPCC methodology. To evaluate emissions from fuel consumption, national emission factors were taken into account for CO₂ emissions from domestic lignite and natural gas, whereas adopted IPCC emission factors were used for other fuels. Emissions from road traffic were calculated by using the Copert III model.
In fugitive CO₂ emissions in the energy sector, emissions released in the desulphurisation of flue gasses in thermal power plants were considered.
These emissions were calculated on the basis of information on the use of carbonate. Emission factors for fugitive CO₂ and CH₄emissions in mining were determined on the basis of measurements in the Slovenian coal mines. CH₄ emissions in the transfer of natural gas were calculated on the basis of data from the company that uses a transmission and distribution network. Losses in distribution were estimated on the basis of the length of individual types of pipelines in relation to the type of pipeline by using specific losses per unit of length, as mentioned in the German report to the Conference of the Parties, which makes sense if we consider the level of maintenance and the low average age of the pipeline network. Industrial process emissions were mainly determined on the basis of data that was obtained directly from producers or through emissions trading and by using national emission factors. Methane emissions due to intestinal fermentation in cattle were especially precisely determined in the agricultural sector. A more precise approach was used to calculate emissions from animal manure in pig and cattle production. The Tier 1 approach was used when calculating methane emissions from the keeping of other animals, which produce less methane emissions. When calculating N₂O emissions from manure and direct emissions due to fertilisation with animal manure, input data was used, which was obtained from methane emissions estimates. Adopted IPCC factors, which determine the transformation of nitrogen into N₂O, were used when calculating N2O emissions. Methane emissions from solid waste management were determined with the use of the first-order method, which takes into account the time dynamics of methane release. N₂O emissions from wastewater were determined on the basis of protein use in human consumption, which did not change according to the estimates during the period in question.
Information concerning data quality:
- Advantages and advantages of the indicator: The correctness of calculations and the appropriate use of information is monitored by the Convention Secretariat with annual revision reports. Data flow is in accordance with the requirements of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, and the relevant European legislation (Decision No. 280/2004/EC of the European Parliament and the Council concerning a mechanism for monitoring Community greenhouse gas emissions and for implementing the Kyoto Protocol, and Commission Decision 2005/166/EC laying down rules implementing the previous Decision 280/2004/EC).
- Relevance, accuracy, robustness, uncertainty:
Emission calculations from the field of fuel consumption and partly from industrial processes are relatively precise, whereas estimates from the agricultural sector are significantly less reliable due to the nature of the process itself. The total unreliability of greenhouse gas emissions calculations in the base year (1986) was 8.5%, and 7.3% in 2007.
Reliability of the indicator (archive data): /
Overall estimate (1 = no major remarks, 3 = data with reservation):
Relevance: 1
Accuracy: 1
Completeness over time:1
Completeness over space: 1

Data for Europe:

Source database or source: Data for the EU-15 and EU-27 is taken from the technical report of the European Environment Agency, No. 4/2009 (Annual European Community greenhouse gas inventory 1990-2007 and inventory report 2009). http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/european-community-greenhouse-gas-inventory-2009..
Data administrator: EEA
Data acquisition date for this indicator: 29 May 2009
Methodology and frequency of data collection for the indicator: The data is presented for the 1990-2007 period. European greenhouse gas inventories are calculated as the sum of emissions of all Member States and are presented separately for the EU-15 and the EU-27. Data is updated once a year for the entire 1990-2007 period.
Data processing methodology: Greenhouse gas emissions are calculated in a similar manner in each Member State, as the states must use one of the IPCC methodologies.
Information concerning data quality:
- Advantages and disadvantages of the indicator: The correctness of calculations and the appropriate use of data is monitored by the Convention Secretariat with annual revisions of Member State reports and the Community report. Data flow is in accordance with the requirements of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, and the relevant European legislation (Decision No. 280/2004/EC of the European Parliament and the Council concerning a mechanism for monitoring Community greenhouse gas emissions and for implementing the Kyoto Protocol, and Commission Decision 2005/166/EC laying down rules implementing the previous Decision 280/2004/EC.
- Relevance, accuracy, robustness, uncertainty:
Reliability of the indicator (archive data): /
-Overall estimate (1 = no major remarks, 3 = data with reservation):
Relevance: 1
Accuracy: 1
Completeness over time:1
Completeness over space: 1