Decisions - Revision of the UNFCCC reporting guidelines

	Question	Answer	Validation timestamp
1	Which documents support/complement the UNFCCC reporting guidelines?	Article 4, paragraph 1, Article 10, paragraph 2, and Article 12, paragraph 1 of the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) [1]
		Decision 24/CP.19 [2]
		Decision 1/CP.24 [3]
		Decision 18/CMA.1 [4]
		Decision 5/CMA.3 [5]
		vol. 4, chap. 12, of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. [6]
		IPCC. 2013. Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. TF Stocker, D Qin, G-K Plattner, et al. (eds.). Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. [7]
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2	How have the guidelines evolved with regard to the reporting of annual greenhouse gas inventories?	Relevant Parties that don't use the production approach in their reporting should prepare additional information on estimated emissions and removals from harvested wood products using the production approach. [8]
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3	How have the guidelines evolved with regard to global warming emissions valuation?	Relevant Parties should calculate emissions based on the effects of greenhouse gasses over a 100-year time horizon. [9]
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4	How have the guidelines evolved with regard to the reporting of emissions and removal of greenhouse gases?	Relevant Parties can use alternative metrics to report additional information on their emissions and removals of greenhouse gases. [10]
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5	What is the secretariat requested to do with regard to the format of reporting?	The secretariat will allow the use of reporting tables utilising the 100-year time horizon for global warming emissions. [11]
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6	What do the Parties note with regard to the reporting tool for electronic reporting?	The final version of the reporting tool for electronic reporting of tables won't be ready for use until 30 June 2024. [12]
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7	What have the Parties decided with regard to the submission deadline for annual greenhouse gas inventories?	The submission deadline for annual greenhouse gas inventories is 31 December 2024. [13]
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8	What is the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and technological Advice requested to do?	The Body should discuss the matter again at the 61st session in November 2024 in case of delays to the final version of the reporting tool. [14]
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