On December 31, 2012, the Kyoto Protocol’s first commitment period will expire. While country members at the Conferences of the Parties (COP) of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are aiming emissions reductions targets and the differentiated responsibilities, a sound process that is measurable, reportable and verifiable (MRV) facilitating transparency is essential for building confidence and enhancing trust between countries. Therefore the establishment of MRV system has been one of the main focus on the agenda of past years’ Conferences. Following the closure of COP-17 in December 2011, several development have been agreed upon by the Parties including the registry supporting developing countries’ Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs), Parties’ biennial reports on provision of climate finance that will subsequently be subject to a process of International Assessment and Review (IAR) and International Consultations and Analysis (ICA). The Environmental Protection Administration (the EPA) is actively formalizing practical approaches for domestic GHG accreditation and verification management as well as ensuring good GHG accounting and verification processes based on EPA’s main role in the making of the national greenhouse gases (GHG) policy. Such outcomes have been achieved not only through continuous follow-up of international development such as UNFCCC, Europe, U.S. etc., but also accumulating domestic experiences via pilot programs over GHG accounting, verification and emissions reductions project validation on sectors of high energy consumption in order to meet up the expectations from the public and private sectors. The project for Promotion of the National Greenhouse Gas Management Scheme for Measurement, Reporting and Verification (the Project) is an ongoing work on domestic MRV based on earlier studies from 2004 to 2011 including the institution for GHG accounting and GHG accreditation management mechanism. The Project will be meeting the criteria required by the project tenderers guideline set out by the EPA and the current GHG policy direction in mind, taking domestic energy, industrial, residential, commercial and transportation sectors as backdrop, to assess international development including GHG accreditation, accounting and registration account management. The Project will continue to strengthen domestic GHG management involving the following: 1.Establishing national-level GHG accounting and verification mechanism with international development on MRV into consideration; 2.Assessing international GHG accounting approach and establishing domestic management mechanism at city level; 3.Enhancing domestic accounting institution and developing associated GHG emissions reporting and management method for industries; 4.Enhancing domestic accreditation management and developing relevant supporting tools; 5.Expanding GHG registry with the MRV support.

Measurable;Reportable;Verifiable