SECTION 2

DEVELOPING YOUR GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS EMISSIONS INVENTORY

 

 

2.1 Introduction to Government Operations Segment

 

The Government Operations Segment is sub-divided into a number of sectors considered most appropriate for the analysis of local government emissions. These are:

 

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The relationships between the Government Operations sectors and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) sectors as noted in the International Protocol as shown in Table 2:

 

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It is important that staff developing an inventory document record the context and decisions that they make related to what is included, and what is not included in the inventory. See the section on ownership boundaries for more information. For your first inventory, it is especially important that you develop a list of all of your local government assets, part assets, joint ventures and partnerships – then you can clearly record on which of these you hold data, and the percentage of emissions you are including in your Government Operations Segment.