This online tool provides the regions of Europe with a consistent methodology that enables them to produce an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, and to monitor them annually. The tool also enables regions to compare themselves to other regions in terms of their energy consumption and emissions, on both a per capita and economic basis. In addition as regions populate the tool, and therefore the database it will provide graphical representations of metropolitan emissions across Europe. This will include total as well as sector (Domestic, Industry, Transport) representations.
The GRIP initiative has taken place in two stages. The first stage was funded by the Tyndall Centre and The Environment Agency, this led to the production of an inventory methodology for use by the English Government Office Regions. The second stage was funded by METREX, this led to the production of the "GRIP for Europe Methodology". This latter methodology is a progression of the original and is therefore backwards compatible with it. The GRIP initiative, which comprises both methodologies and a novel approach to scenario formation (via the GRIP Scenario Tool) was devised by Sebastian Carney PhD at Tyndall Manchester.
The GRIP for Europe inventory approach had to recognise and embrace differences in data availability. As without this embracement and without a clear methodology trust in the resulting figures could be restricted. This is highlighted by the fact that the pilot regions felt that any resultant inventory should not only be comparable to their respective national inventory but also to enable comparisons between the regions and between years, with all of this being done in a visually clear manner. As a consequence the GRIP for Europe methodology employed the same format as the original GRIP inventory methodology applied in the UK.
This format comprises three different levels of methodology to calculate each emissions source. This is similar in format to the approach provided by the IPCC for countries to form national inventories. Indeed, the methods chosen for use in GRIP for Europe are congruent with these international standards. This new methodology maintains the following five criterion of its predecessor:
The methodology provides a framework for the web based tool that ensures no double counting of emissions takes place, and that there is a concrete flexibility to enable comparisons between regions to be conducted without ambiguity. Each level of methodology relies on a different level of data availability. The GRIP for Europe Level 1 approaches are the most accurate, with level 3 approaches having the highest level of uncertainty associated with them. The key benefit of GRIP is that every emissions source identified in it has three methodological levels associated with estimating its significance.
This means that whilst data may be limited for a given emissions source in a region e.g. dairy cattle and thereby necessitating a level 3 approach for that year - a region may have detailed data for another source e.g. Industrial fuel consumption, thereby enabling a more accurate level 1 approach to be employed.
The GRIP for Europe tool presents these results in a colour coded format, to a high level of specificity. This takes the following format: emissions estimated using a level 1 approach are presented in green, level 2 approaches in orange and finally level 3 approaches are presented in red. This means that a reader can immediately draw comparisons between the accuracy of an emissions source and make quick sensible comparisons of that source between not just regions and years, but also the respective country's national emissions inventory. The same colour coding applies to the inventory tool, where red boxes symbolise the data required for level 3 approaches, orange for level 2 and green for level 1. By implementing the GRIP for Europe approach, the regions within METREX and beyond permit themselves to monitor their emissions year on year. This will enable them to gauge the effectiveness of mitigation policies and gain insight into emissions drivers. This is all provided in a very low cost format.
This data is available from your respective country's national statistics, or in certain cases, Eurostats
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