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1 UNFCCC/CCNUCC Page 5 Annex II APPLICATION/NOMINATION FORM FOR THE UNFCCC ROSTER OF EXPERTS - to be accompanied by a curriculum vitae - To be completed by the expert: Family name: First name(s): Nationality: Date of birth: Sex: M F Nominated by the overnment of: Employed by: Division: Position/title: Contact information: Office: Address: Tel: Fax: Home: Address: Tel: Fax: FIELDS OF EXPERTISE: Please choose one or more fields and complete sections 1-7 below as appropriate. It is expected that an expert will choose only those fields and respective areas in which he/she is most experienced. 1. H inventory 2. Policies and measures and analysis of H abatement issues 3. Projections of H emissions and assessment of H abatement options 4. Vulnerability assessment, climate change impacts, and adaptation 5. Technologies, including transfer, financial resources and development 5a. Terms of transfer of technology and know-how 5b. Transfer of technologies between Annex II Parties and other Parties to mitigate climate change 5c. Technologies and practices to adapt to climate change 6. Mechanisms 6a. Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Joint Implementation (JI) and Activities Implemented Jointly (AIJ) 6b. Emissions trading 7. Research and systematic observation
2 UNFCCC/CCNUCC Page 6 Please complete the appropriate sections below in accordance with your experience and proficiency. University qualifications (degree, subject, university, year): List of relevant publications (title, date) : Brief description of current job: Knowledge of languages: Tick each language that you know and put appropriate numbers for Read, Write, Speak and Understand according to your proficiency: 1 - Fluently; 2 - Well; 3 - With difficulty; 4 - Not at all Read Write Speak Understand Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish Mother tongue
3 UNFCCC/CCNUCC Page 7 Regional and country expertise (if appropriate) Small island countries Countries with low-lying coastal areas Countries with arid and semi-arid areas, forested areas and areas prone to forest decay Countries with areas prone to natural disasters Countries with areas prone to drought and desertification Countries with areas of high urban atmospheric pollution Countries with areas having fragile ecosystems, including mountain ecosystems Countries whose economies are dependent on income generated from the production, processing and export, and/or on consumption of, fossil fuels and associated energyintensive products Land-locked and transit countries Least developed countries Industrialized countries with economies in transition Other relevant information (including brief description of any experience related to in-depth review of Annex I Party national communications, review of H inventories, preparation of non- Annex I Party national communications, AIJ project experience, etc.):
4 UNFCCC/CCNUCC Page 8 To be completed by government representative: I hereby confirm that the information given above is correct. A curriculum vitae is attached to this form. The above expert is nominated for the following task(s). Technical review of H inventories In-depth review of Annex I Party national communications Matters related to non-annex I Party national communications Review of information related to methodologies Review of the Brazilian proposal on global burden-sharing issues Review of methodologies and tools to assess impacts and adaptation Review of information related to technologies, financial resources, development, and transfer of technologies Review of reports on systematic observation Name of the representative: Title of the representative: Signature: Date:
5 UNFCCC/CCNUCC Page 9 1. H INVENTORY eneral area of expertise Activity data collection and storage Statistics H methodologies Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) uidelines for National reenhouse as Inventories National methodologies and their conversion to the IPCC reporting framework Procedures for quantifying uncertainties Analysis and use of H inventories in policy making Development and application of sectoral methodologies for H estimation Development of sectoral emission factors Specific areas of expertise Please tick the appropriate unshaded areas of the table on the following page.
6 UNFCCC/CCNUCC Page 10 1 Energy A Fuel Combustion A1 Energy Industries A2 Manufacturing Industries and Construction A3 Transport A4 Other Sectors A5* Other B Fugitive Emissions from Fuels B1 Solid Fuels B2 Oil and Natural as 2 Industrial Processes A Mineral Products B Chemical Industry C Metal Production D Other Production E Production of Halocarbons and SF6 F Consumption of Halocarbons and SF6 * Other 3 Solvents A Paint Application B Degreasing and Dry Cleaning Chemical Products Manufacture and C Processing D* Other 4 Agriculture A Enteric Fermentation B Manure Management C Rice Cultivation D Agricultural Soils E Prescribed Burning of Savannas F Field Burning of Agricultural Residues * Other 5 Land Use Change and Forestry Changes in Forest and Other Woody Biomass A Stocks B Forest and rassland Conversion C Abandonment of Managed Lands D CO2 Emissions and Removals from Soil E* Other 6 Waste A Solid Waste Disposal on Land B Wastewater Handling C Waste Incineration D* Other 7* Other CO2 emissions CO2 removals CH4 N2O HFCs PFCs SF6 NOx CO NMVOC SO2 International Bunkers Aviation Marine Multilateral Operations Emissions from Biomass * for these items please specify in table below 1A5 2 3D 4 5E 6D 7
7 UNFCCC/CCNUCC Page POLICIES AND MEASURES AND ANALYSIS OF H ABATEMENT ISSUES Policy areas Economic instruments Planning Regulatory instruments Research and development/information Voluntary measures Education/training Sectors Agriculture Cross-sectoral Energy Forestry Industry Transport Waste management 3. PROJECTIONS OF H EMISSIONS AND ASSESSMENT OF H ABATEMENT OPTIONS Models and other approaches Bottom-up models Topdown models Econometric energy models Engineering models Hybrid models Non-model approaches Sectors Energy-related Energy supply sector Industry Residential, commercial and institutional building sector Transport Non-energy related Industry sector Agriculture Waste Land-use change and forestry Production and consumption of halocarbons (HFCs, PFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF 6 )
8 UNFCCC/CCNUCC Page VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT, CLIMATE CHANE IMPACTS, AND ADAPTATION Area of expertise Socio-economic and climate change scenarios Climate change impacts and vulnerability assessment Adaptation assessment Integrated assessment Evaluation of adaptation options, measures and strategies Impact sectors Agriculture and rangelands/livestock Coastal zones and small island states Deserts, desertification and land degradation Energy Financial service Fisheries Forests and wood production Freshwater ecology and non-tidal wetlands Human health Human settlements Oceans Other natural ecosystems Water resources Other
9 UNFCCC/CCNUCC Page TECHNOLOIES, INCLUDIN TRANSFER, FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT eneral area of expertise 5a. Terms of transfer of technology and know-how Disciplines Economics Finance and investment Environmental economics Development economics International trade Private-sector marketing International law Environmental law Corporate law Intellectual Property law Sectors Agriculture Coastal zones Energy Forestry Health Industry Transport Waste management Water resources Specific area of expertise Institutions Multilateral lending institutions Bilateral aid programmes Private-sector banks Development assistance programmes International government systems Instruments Loans Bonds Equity Private capital rants
10 UNFCCC/CCNUCC Page 14 5b. Transfer of technologies between Annex II Parties and other Parties to mitigate climate change eneral area of expertise Analysis Planning Management Specific area of expertise Facility operations Financial operations Monitoring/evaluation Fossil fuels solid fuels, e.g. coal, peat oil natural gas Renewable energy technologies biomass-fired power generation geothermal electric biogas small-scale hydro tidal energy ocean wave energy solar energy wind energy Energy transfer technologies electrical transformers electric transmission and distribution systems thermal energy storage Building technologies and appliances heating and ventilation systems home appliances construction techniques solar building technology Transportation technologies electric vehicles hybrid vehicles fuel-cell vehicles low emission fuels efficient aircraft and marine systems efficient mass transportation systems transportation control systems Nuclear technologies Industrial technologies and processes Agriculture and forestry reforestation, afforestation conservation forest management livestock management farm management practices agroforestry Waste treatment methane recovery from landfills wastewater treatment reuse and recycling waste minimization clean production technologies waste prevention
11 UNFCCC/CCNUCC Page 15 eneral area of expertise 5c. Technologies and practices to adapt to climate change eography and planning land-use planning rural planning urban planning geographic information systems remote sensing vegetation cartography Natural resources management conservation management water resource management watershed management water conservation water supply systems Environmental economics energy economics resource economics conservation economics Specific area of expertise development economics finance and investment Coastal zone management coastal engineering coastal resource management wetlands management sea level rise River base management river engineering river resource management/planning Forestry forest management agroforestry afforestation reforestation energy plantations Agriculture and fisheries Land degradation soil erosion salinization desertification irrigation Health science public health epidemiology infectious and tropical diseases Human infrastructure industry transportation cities and human settlements financial services and insurance sewage treatment systems waste management
12 UNFCCC/CCNUCC Page 16 Policy areas 6. MECHANISMS 6a. Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Joint Implementation (JI) and activities implemented jointly (AIJ) Methodological and operational issues Education and training Financial institutions Regulation Research and development Voluntary agreements Waste management AIJ past project experience Legal issues Sectors Agriculture Energy Forestry Industry Transport Construction Cross sectoral Project identification/feasibility study Project finance Project management Baseline identification Compliance Monitoring and verification Certification Registries Evaluation/assessment Technology transfer Others: 6b. Emissions trading Policy areas Education and training Financial institutions Regulation Research and development Voluntary agreements Waste management Legal issues Sectors Methodological and operational issues Reference/baseline identification Compliance Monitoring and verification Certification Registries Evaluation/assessment Technology transfer Other Agriculture Energy Forestry Industry Transport Construction Cross-sectoral
13 UNFCCC/CCNUCC Page RESEARCH AND SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATION Research Climate process and climate system Atmospheric chemistry and greenhouse gases Physical climate processes and feedbacks Observed climate, climate variability and change Climate modelling and climate change scenarios eneral circulation models Regional climate models Impacts of climate change Biophysical impacts analysis Socio-economic impacts analysis Integrated assessment Systematic observation as related to the lobal Climate Observing System Organization, general principles, needs and requirements of the lobal Climate Observing System (COS) Meteorological and atmospheric observation Oceanographic observations Terrestrial observations Space-based observations
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