Emissions of co2 from land use and landuse change represent up. European union carbon market glossary unfccc framework land use, landuse change and forestry lulucf is a category within the united nations framework convention on climate change unfccc accounting framework for greenhouse gas ghg emissions. The land use sector comprises land use, land use change and forestry lulucf and agriculture, sometimes referred to collectively as agriculture, forestry and other land use afolu. Change in total ghg emissions, excluding land use, landuse change and forestry lulucf, between 2014 and 2015 kt co2 eq. Please provide current sources on the politics of landuse, landuse change and forestry lulucf in a domestic context, affecting climate change policy. Ghg mitigation in agriculture, forestry and other land use. The land use, land use change and forestry lulucf sector has the potential to provide longterm climate benefits, and thereby to contribute to the achievement of the unions greenhouse gas emissions reduction target, as well as to the longterm climate goals of the paris agreement. Limiting the magnitude of land use, land use change and forestry for annex i compliance a limitation must be placed on the fraction of the required emission reduction that can be satisfied using lulucf cap in order to ensure that an appropriate amount of mitigation effort and investment is directed at reducing fossil fuel emissions. The reporting of lulucf under the unfccc is divided into six main land uses forest land, cropland, grassland, wetlands, settlements, and other land with associated carbon pools, and other emission source categories e. A synopsis of land use, landuse change and forestry. Lulucf stands for land use, land use change and forestry, and the abbreviation is commonly pronounced lulucf.
Forestry and other land uses afolu ipcc 2006b and the 20 revised supplementary methods and good practice guidance. The lulucf sector not only emits greenhouse gases but also removes co2from the atmosphere. The regulation on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry lulucf into the 2030 climate and energy framework was adopted by the council on 14 may 2018, following the european parliament vote on 17 april 2018. This study focuses on the land use, land use change, and forestry lulucf sector, which differs from the other sectors due to its particularity in presenting sources and sinks of ghg. Introduction regulation eu no 20188411 the lulucf regulation integrates the emissions and removals from forestry and other land use sectors into climate policy. It establishes a nodebit rule for the period 2021 to 2030.
Greenhouse gas reporting, kyoto protocol, land use, land use change, forestry, lulucf, national inventory report, national system greenhouse gases, the netherlands, unfccc, emissions and. Regulation eu 2018 of the european parliament and of. Ecology and hydrology ceh and forest research fr to prepare the data relating to land use, land use change and forestry lulucf in the uk. This report on good practice guidance for land use, land use change and forestry gpg lulucf is the response to the invitation by the united nations framework convention on climate change unfccc1 to the intergovernmental panel on climate change ipcc2 to develop good practice guidance for land use, land use change and forestry lulucf. Use of sentinel2 and lucas database for the inventory of.
Greenhouse gas reporting of the lulucf sector in the. The contribution of global greenhouse gas ghg emissions from land use, land use change, and forestry lulucf, especially by tropical deforestation, are estimated to account for 1. United states submission on landuse, landuse change, and. In the light of this profile, this paper reevaluates brazils national green house gas ghg matrix, and attempts to highlight the potential of the land use and land use change and forestry lulucf. Views on land use, landuse change and forestry issues.
Pdf land use, land use change, and forestry lulucf activities. Pdf state of land use, land use change and forestry in. Contribution of working group iii to the fifth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change edenhofer, o. Land use, landuse change and forestry lulucf is defined by the united nations climate change secretariat as a greenhouse gas inventory sector that covers emissions and removals of greenhouse gases resulting from direct humaninduced land use, landuse change and forestry activities. The land use, landuse change, and forestry lulucf guidance for ghg project accounting lulucf guidance was developed by the world resources institute to supplement the greenhouse gas protocol. The agriculture, forestry and other land use afolu is a term that is used in 2006 intergovernmental panel on climate change ipcc guidelines which describes the anthropogenic ghg emissions from two distinct sectors. Change in total ghg emissions, excluding land use, land. Full details are given in the national inventory report brown et al, 2018. The complexities inherent in land use, landuse change and forestry lulucf activities have led to contentious and prolonged debates about the merits of their inclusion in the 2008 2012 rst commitment period of the kyoto protocol. The regulation on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry lulucf into the 2030 climate and energy framework hereafter referred to as the lulucf regulationwasadoptedinmay2018. Land use, landuse change, and forestry lulucf, also referred to as forestry and other land use folu, is defined by the united nations climate change secretariat as a greenhouse gas inventory sector that covers emissions and removals of greenhouse gases resulting from direct humaninduced land use such as settlements and commercial uses, landuse change, and forestry activities. The united states believes that a comprehensive approach would best account for the full range of natural and human activities that.
The kyoto protocol includes land use, landuse change, and forestry, but it does so selectively. This document provides more specific guidance and uses more appropriate terminology and concepts to quantify and. Australia land use, landuse change and forestry lulucf. One hundred twentyone representatives of governments, intergovernmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations ngos, business and industry groups and academic institutions attended the workshop on land use, landuse change and forestry lulucf, which met from 10 july 2000 at the international fair center in poznan, poland. Key issues on land use, land use change and forestry. Definitions of deforestation and forest degradation 46 annex 3.
Yet the inclusion of these activities played a key role in agreement on the general framework of the kyoto protocol. Assessment of land use and land use change and forestry. These estimates are made using dynamic models of changes in stored carbon driven by land use change data. Agriculture and lulucf land use, land use change and forestry, which were previously treated separately. Land use, landuse change and forestry the land use, landuse change, and forestry lulucf guidance for ghg project accounting lulucf guidance was developed by the world resources institute to supplement the protocol for project accounting project protocol. Land use and forestry regulation for 20212030 climate. The land use, landuse change, and forestry guidance for. Decision no 52920eu of the european parliament and of. The study, biodiversity conservation, land use, land use change and forestry lulucf programmes ideas for implementation was undertaken by the foundation for ecological security fes with the overall objective of providing input for the programmatic action on. The land use, landuse change, and forestry lulucf sector is important for climate. Product use, 3 agriculture, 4 land use, land use change, and forestry, and 5 waste. It refers principally to the exchange of greenhouse gases between the atmosphere and plants and soils, commonly known as emissions and removals. Lulucf under the kyoto protocol and marrakech accords. Lulucf is referenced in 83 percent of all countries indcs, and as such is second only to the energy sector.
Can discussion paper on lulucf issues and considerations. One key focus is to promote conservation and enhancement of carbon stocks through sustainable management of land use, landuse change, and forestrycommonly referred to as lulucf. Rather that 25% and 56% of the emissions stem from agriculture and land use activities, respectively. The land use, land use change and forestry lulucf, which includes co2 emissions and removals from forest management, afforestation, reforestation, deforestation, cropland and grazing land, with a no debit rule which implies a commitment to have zero net emissions1.
A synopsis of land use, landuse change and forestry lulucf. This report on good practice guidance for land use, landuse change and forestry gpglulucf is the response to the invitation by the united nations framework convention on climate change unfccc to the intergovernmental panel on climate change ipcc to develop good practice guidance for land use, landuse change and forestry lulucf. The gpglulucf assists countries in producing inventories for the land use, landuse. This report is prepared in order to describe the method used to spatially disaggregate the emissions and. Activities in the lulucf sector can provide a relatively costeffective way of offsetting emissions, either by increasing the removals of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere e. Research on land use, landuse change, and forestry lulucf. Pdf land use, land use change, and forestry lulucf. Greenhouse gas emission projections for the lulucf sector under article 3. Good practice guidance for land use, landuse change and. The land use, land use change and forestry lulucf sector. Land use, landuse change, and forestry report ipcc, 2000 robert t.
The centre for ecology and hydrology annually prepares sector 5 estimates for inclusion in the uk ghg inventory. The ghg protocol for project accounting project protocol. Biodiversity conservation, land use, land use change and. However, there are drawbacks as it may often be difficult to. The land use, landuse change, and forestry lulucf sector in 2017. The agriculture sectors in the intended nationally. Ifoam eu position paper on the effort sharing regulation. Analysis and proposals for enhancing monitoring, reporting. Preface ipcc good practice guidance for lulucf v preface this report on good practice guidance for land use, landuse change and forestry gpglulucf is the response to the invitation by the united nations framework convention on climate change unfccc1 to the intergovernmental panel on climate change ipcc2 to develop good practice guidance for land use, landuse. Thus, when it came to accounting for emissions if forest biomass was burned, the carbon emitted should for accounting purposes only be regarded as zero because the forestry carbon had already been counted in the land use, land. Agriculture4 and land use, land use change and forestry lulucf are among the most referenced sectors in countries mitigation contributions targets andor actions. Land use, landuse hange, and forestry this chapter provides an assessment of the net greenhouse gas flux resulting from the use and conversion of landuse categories in the united states.
Land use, land use change and forestry the land use, land use change, and forestry lulucf guidance for ghg project accounting lulucf guidance was developed by the world resources institute to supplement the protocol for project accounting project protocol. Zealands land use, landuse change and orestry lulucf f sector under article 3. The lulucf sector covers emissions and removals of greenhouse gases resulting from direct human induced land use, landuse change and forestry activities. Domestic politics of land use, land use change, forestry date.
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