Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories

Future IPCC TFI Products:
Wetlands & KP LULUCF Supplements
Tiffany Troxler
IPCC TFI TSU
SB38 Side Event
8 June, 2013
Bonn, Germany

Introduction• The TFI is producing two additional guidance volumes,
extending and updating the 2006 IPCC Guidelines– 2013 Supplement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National
Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Wetlands– 2013 Revised Supplementary Methods and Good PracticeGuidance Arising from the Kyoto Protocol

2013 Supplement to the 2006 IPCC
Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas
Inventories: Wetlands

Background• When the TFI produced the 2006 IPCC Guidelines it was
only possible to provide guidance on a few wetland types:
organic soils (mainly drained peatlands), peatlands
managed for peat extraction, and limited guidance onflooded lands.
• Since then scientific knowledge has increased and theIPCC has decided it is now time to cover these missing
wetlands types.
• In addition, the UNFCCC has decided to include wetlands
drainage and rewetting in the Kyoto Protocol

The Wetlands Supplement - progressto Date• SBSTA invited the IPCC to prepare this additionalguidance aiming to complete it by October 2013
• Work is progressing well with the Government/Expert
Review (the second review) completed on 14 Apr2013• The Fourth Lead Author meeting concluded inManaus, Brazil on 24 May 2013.
• The document is currently undergoing revision by theauthors.

The Supplement will include• More detail on inland organic soils.
– peatlands are included within organic soils.
– updated emission factors for drained tropical peatlands– new guidance on DOC and CH4 from ditches• New Guidance on the rewetting of peatlands and organic soils.
• New Guidance on coastal wetlands– including mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows• New Guidance on inland wetland mineral soils.
• New Guidance on constructed wetlands for wastewater
treatment.
More information is available at our website:
http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/home/wetlands.html

2013 Revised Supplementary Methods
and Good Practice Guidance Arisingfrom the Kyoto Protocol

Background• Under the Kyoto Protocol, developed countries have toreport GHG emissions and removals for a specific set ofactivities in the Land use, Land-use Change and Forestry(LULUCF) sector• The IPCC provided specific guidance to countries on how
to meet these requirements• At its meeting in Durban in December 2011 the UNFCCC
decided to have a second commitment period under theKyoto Protocol but with revised reporting requirements fordeveloped countries

The KP Supplement – progress to date
• The UNFCCC invited the IPCC to update its guidance for theKyoto Protocol and the IPCC agreed aiming to complete thiswork by Oct 2013
• The Government and Expert review of the Second OrderDraft was completed on 2 June 2013
• The Fourth Lead Author meeting will convene in Chiang Mai,Thailand 14 July 2013.

The Supplement will include
1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. Overview of Steps to Estimating and Reporting Supplementary Information for Activities under Articles 3.3and 3.4
1.2. General Rules for Categorisation of Land Areas under Articles 3.3 and 3.4
1.3. Relationship between Annex I Parties’ National Inventories and Article 6 LULUCF Projects

2. METHODS FOR ESTIMATION, MEASUREMENT, MONITORING AND REPORTINGOF LULUCF
ACTIVITIES UNDER ARTICLES 3.3 AND 3.4
2.1. Relationship between UNFCCC Land-Use Categories and Kyoto Protocol (Articles 3.3 and 3.4) Land-UseCategories
2.2. Generic Methodologies for Area Identification, Stratification and Reporting
2.3. Generic Methodological Issues for Estimating Carbon Stock Changes and Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gas
Emissions2.4. Other Generic Methodological Issues
2.5. Afforestation and Reforestation
2.6. Deforestation
More information is available at our website:
2.7. Forest Management
2.8. Harvested Wood Products
http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/home/
2.9. Cropland Management
2013KPSupplementaryGuidance_inv.html
2.10. Grazing Land management
2.11 Revegetation
2.12. Wetland Drainage and Rewetting

Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories

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