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Data Standards & Methodologies

Geospatial and metadata standards, reference systems and the methods for mapping, NFI and MRV.

Open Data Standards & Methodologies

MRV Methodologies

  • Guidelines: 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National GHG Inventories, latest IPCC inventory software; reporting under decision 18/CMA.1 (Paris Agreement transparency framework).
  • Global warming potentials: 100-year values (IPCC Fifth Assessment Report or later).
  • Land representation: IPCC Approach 2 with sample-based area estimation (eSBAE).
  • Tiers: Tier 2 (country-specific factors) for forest land, Tier 1 (IPCC defaults) where national data are lacking.
  • Carbon pools: above-ground biomass, below-ground biomass and soil organic carbon; dead wood and litter are not yet included.
  • Gases: land sector CO₂ only; CH₄ and N₂O from fires and mangrove soils are planned.

Source: Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, Kenya's Third National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Document 1990–2022, December 2024 (Kenya’s national inventory report to the UNFCCC). Chapters 1.3, 1.8 and 6.1.3.