The materials contained in this training package, on national greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, intends to provide the reader with the best possible synthesis of all the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) methodologies and tools available which could be of use for non-Annex I Parties (developing countries) and experts in the process of preparation of their national GHG inventories.

The present training package is directly designed to address the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) guidelines for the preparation of national communications from parties not included in Annex I to the Convention, and is in no case intended to replace any of the IPCC methodologies or tools it is referring to in its various modules.

For further detail and explanation, the reader is therefore always encouraged to go back to the original IPCC documents or tools referred to. It also includes details of available software and manuals for using it.

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