CRF Tables

Along with developing a general familiarity with all the various terms used during inventory reviews, it is important to be familiar with the format of one reference material item in particular—The Common Reporting Format (CRF). The CRF is a standardized set of reporting tables that all Annex I Parties must use for their submissions under the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol. If you are from an Annex I Party and have been engaged in the inventory preparation process, you are likely to already be familiar with the CRF tables. However, if you are from a non-Annex I Party you may or may not have had the opportunity to gain significant experience with using these tables.

The purpose of this section is to first introduce you briefly to the information contained in the CRF and then to allow you to practice using the tables to find information that will be useful in your review work.

Like the previous section, though, your next step is to take the Self-Check Quiz to measure your current familiarity with the CRF tables. Click here to take the Quiz.

If you score above 75% on the quiz then you probably have sufficient knowledge of this material already and can skip this section. Even if you do score well, though, you may want to review the material to refresh your memory.

Please note that a revised version of the CRF tables can be found in FCCC/SBSTA/2006/9, and were most recently adopted by COP decision 14/CP.11. The main change compared to the previous CRF tables is an update on the LULUCF sector.