IPCC Good Practice Guidance LULUCF

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IPCC Good Practice GuidanceLULUCF

• Chapter 1 Overview
• Jim Penman (UK), Michael Gytarsky (Russia), Taka
  Hiraishi (Japan), Thelma Krug (Brazil), Dina
  Kruger (USA)
• Historygt

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History

• 1998 request for GPG
• Works with 96 Guidelines
• 1st volume (non-LULUCF) adopted 2000
• LULUCF GPG requested at Marrakesh
• Definition GPGgt

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Definition GPG

• Neither over nor underestimates so far as can be
  judged
• Uncertainties reduced so far as is practicable.
• practicalities?
• Practicalitiesgt

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Practical Advice for Inventory Agencies

• Consistent land area representation (Ch 2)
• Decision trees key categories to choose method
  (Ch 3 and Ch 5)
• Quantication of uncertainties (Ch 5)
• Documentation, QA/QC (CH 5)
• Supplementary information for KP (Ch 4)
• Relationship 96GLgt

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Relationship to 96GL

• Specific source categories can be traced back
• Same functional form, or equivalent
• Corrections of any errors or deficiencies
• Updating of defaults
• Advice on more complex methods
• Policy relevancegt

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Policy Relevance

• Anticipated in COP decisions
• Issues under negotiation (HWP) or optional for
  inclusion under 96 Guidelines (Reservoirs,
  settlements, some non-CO2 emissions) in Annexes
• Both approaches to land area identification
  recognised
• Methodological advice on sinks projects no
  overlap with SBSTA work on sinks in CDM
• Personal viewgt

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Chapter 1 Personal view

• An impressive international effort
• Rio and Kuala Lumpur - big steps forward, using
  soild basis from Eiesnach Tampere
• Consistent with 96 Guidelines and significantly
  more systematic draft useable by all Parties
• Look forward to finalisation at Sydney on basis
  of current round of Government review