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  - AUS DCCEEW: National Greenhouse Accounts Factors 2020
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IPCC

An overview of the IPCC Emissions Factor Source

Summary

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. The organisation publishes comprehensive assessments of the physical science basis of climate change. The Assessment Reports form the basis of determining the Global Warming Potential (GWP) of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere. The most recent report AR6 was first released in 2022. With the prior report (AR5) being first released in 2013.

Details for the IPCC source can be found here

Full Source Name	Depending on the Assessment Report: AR5 IPCC, 2013: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, 1535 pp AR6 IPCC, 2021: Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change[Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S.L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M.I. Gomis, M. Huang, K. Leitzell, E. Lonnoy, J.B.R. Matthews, T.K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekçi, R. Yu, and B. Zhou (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, In press, doi:10.1017/9781009157896.
Sumday Concise Name	IPCC
Description	Contains details of the GWP associated with Greenhouse Gases and common refrigerate sources
Source Type	Government/ International Organisation
Most Recent Release Year	2021
Earliest Release Year	2007
Next Expected Release Date	No information available
Sumday Take	This source is foundational to much of current carbon accounting as it provides the GWP values associated with different types of greenhouse gases. As we learn more of the impact of GHGs on climate the changes to GWPs are communicated through the Assessment Reports. It is important that as part of your basis of preparation you know which Assessment Report your GWPs are from as this can impact your total CO2 equivalent emissions.

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