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Forestry and the Kyoto Protocol. Key Issues. Joint ECE Timber Commmittee & FAO European Forestry Commission 9.-13. 10.2000. Contents. UNFCCC/GHG Carbon storage Kyoto Protocol & flexible mechanisms Open questions Role of FAO. UNFCCC 1992. Concern: Global warming - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Forestry and the
Kyoto Protocol
Joint ECE Timber Commmittee & FAO European Forestry Commission 9.-13. 10.2000
Key Issues
• UNFCCC/GHG
• Carbon storage
• Kyoto Protocol & flexible mechanisms
• Open questions
• Role of FAO
Contents
• Concern: Global warming
• Cause: Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
• Objective: Stabilization of GHG concentration
in atmosphere
UNFCCC 1992
Carbon Dioxide (CO2
)Methane
(CH4 )
Nitrous Oxide (N2O)
Hydrofluor carbons (HFCs)
Perfluorcarbons (PFCs)
Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6 )
What are GHG?
35% Energy35% Energy productionTransport 31%
Industry 21%12% Small combustion
C-Emission Sources USA 1990Fuel Combustion 88 %
Forestry practices to slow down CO2 accumulation in atmosphere
Conservation
Storage
Substitution
Global carbon stocks
Oceans 39 000 Gt
Atmosphere 760 GtSoils 2 000 Gt
Vegetation 500 Gt
Forests as carbon stocks
Forests world-wide: 46% of terrestrial C
Tropical forests: 37%
Soils: 50%
Financial value of CDM sinks (billion US$/a)
until 2020 40–100 (Trexler)until 2030 up to 150 (World Bank)
Kyoto Protocol CoP 3 Kyoto, 12/1997
Objective:
Reduction of GHG by at least 5 % (level 1990)
in 2008-2012
Flexible mechanisms
Emission trading
Joint implementation
Clean development mechanism
CDM• Assist dev. countries (Non-Annex 1)
• Annex I countries buy emission reductions achieved elsewhere
meet ind. emission commitments
Conditions for flexible mechanisms
No leakage
Baseline
Additional
Voluntary
Open questions
DefinitionsAccounting/methods
Activities to be included in CDM
Administration of sinks
Definitions
Forests & ARDDegradation
Biological sources/sinksAdditionality
Leakage
Accounting and methods
• Baselines• Standards• C-balances• Measuring and accounting
• Timeframe
Presently uncertain
Forests as sinks
Forest management
Impact of fires
Sinks in products (C-substitution)
Administration of sinks
Verification Certification
M & E Sanctions
Financing, responsibilityLinkages to other conventions
Synergies of Conventions
Biodiversity (CBD)
Desertification (CCC) Wetlands (Ramsar)
IPCC- Special Report on Land use
Land use Change and Forestry
submitted at SBSTA 12 in June 2000
Role of FAORole of FAO
• Repository of data
• Information and advice• Information and advice
• Custodian of methods, models • Custodian of methods, models
• Neutral forum• Neutral forum
KP – Train is moving
World Business Council GEF WB Prototype Carbon Fund Private initiatives