3.2 Selecting a Base Year for Community Data

It is recommended that the Community emissions analysis is produced for a selected ‘base year’ and that projections based on ‘business-as-usual-trends’ are developed for a selected ‘forecast year’. This forecast year should be aligned with your local government’s normal planning processes (e.g. 3-year, 5-year, or 10-year planning cycles). 

The Community base year needs to be chosen with regard to the availability of data, and if possible will be standardised for all local governments within each country.