Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories An Overview of the 2013 Revised Supplementary Methods and Good Practice Guidance Arising from the Kyoto Protocol Nalin SRIVASTAVA, IPCC TFI TSU JRC Technical Workshop 2014 on Reporting LULUCF for CP2 with IPCC 2013 KP Supplement 5-7 May 2014, Arona (Novara, Italy)

Outline  Introduction  Background  Production of the KP Supplement  Salient Features of the KP Supplement  Summary

Introduction The 2013 Revised Supplementary Methods and Good Practice Guidance Arising from the Kyoto Protocol ( KP Supplement ) provides supplementary methods and good practice guidance for estimating and reporting anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removals resulting from LULUCF activities under Article 3.3 and Article 3.4 of the Kyoto Protocol for the second commitment period, Supplementary methods are additional guidance to produce the supplementary information needed in greenhouse gas inventories to meet the LULUCF rules for the Kyoto Protocol.

Background

Chapter 4 of IPCC GPG LULUCF provides the supplementary methods and good practice guidance for reporting of LULUCF activities under Article 3.3 and 3.4 of the Kyoto Protocol for the first commitment period. The UNFCCC CMP7 invited the IPCC “…to review and, if necessary, update supplementary methodologies for estimating anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks resulting from land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) activities under Article 3, paragraphs 3 and 4, of the Kyoto Protocol (KP), related to the annex to 2/CMP.7, on the basis of, inter alia, Chapter 4 of IPCC’s 2003 Good Practice Guidance for Land-use, Land-use Change and Forestry.”

Background (2) Revision to the supplementary methods is necessitated by: –Decision by the Parties to UNFCCC to use 2006 IPCC Guidelines for the reporting in the second commitment period; –Changes in rules for reporting and accounting Art. 3.3 and 3.4 activities pursuant to decision 2/CMP.7.

Background (3) In response, IPCC Task Force on Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI) held the Scoping Meeting to Consider the Invitation from UNFCCC CMP7, 1-4 May 2012 in Geneva. The Scoping Meeting concluded that whilst much of the supplementary guidance in Chapter 4 remains relevant, it needs significant updating to take account of: – LULUCF decision 2/CMP.7 & other relevant decisions by COP/CMP; – 2006 IPCC Guidelines; –IPCC’s work on supplementary guidance on wetlands; –Other IPCC products. The Scoping Meeting produced draft Terms of Reference (ToR) and chapter outline of 2013 Revised Supplementary Methods and Good Practice Guidance Arising from the Kyoto Protocol that were later approved by the IPCC35. –Section 4.3 (Projects) was removed from the ToR based on the IPCC Plenary decision.

Production of the KP Supplement

Following the approval by the IPCC Plenary, the Bureau of the IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC TFI) selected an international team of authors in August Work on the production of the KP Supplement was carried out in It involved four Lead Author meetings and two rounds of reviews, first by experts and later by governments and experts of the First Order Draft (FOD) and Second Order Draft (SOD) respectively. Governments submitted comments on the Final Draft (FD) in September The KP Supplement was finally adopted/accepted by IPCC37 in Batumi, Georgia, October 2013 and published on the IPCC TFI website on 28 February 2014.

KP Supplement : Milestones 35 th Session of the IPCC (Jun 2012): Proposal approved by the IPCC Plenary IPCC invitation for nominations (Jun 2012) Selection of Authors/REs by TFB (Aug 2012) 1 st Lead Author Meeting, Japan (Sep 2012): To develop Zero Order Draft (ZOD) 2 nd Lead Author Meeting, Australia (Nov 2012) :To develop First Order Draft (FOD) Expert Review ( 07 Jan –03 Feb 2013) 3 rd Lead Author Meeting Norway (05-08 Mar 2013): To consider comments and develop Second Order Draft (SOD) Government & Expert Review (22 Apr–02 Jun 2013) 4 th Lead Author Meeting, Thailand (14-18 Jul 2013): To consider comments and prepare Final Draft Distribution of Final Draft to Governments (02-29 Sep 2013) Adoption/acceptance of the KP Supplement, Georgia (14-18 Oct 2013)

KP Supplement : Some Facts 65 Lead Authors and 9 Review Editors from 30 countries 6 Contributing Authors from 6 countries 2 Chapters and an Overview Chapter Over 130 scientific publications cited

KP Supplement : Review Process Expert Review Over 240 individuals registered 2507 comments from 93 Expert Reviewers on the First Order Draft (FOD) Govt. & Expert Review Over 440 individuals registered 1676 comments from 49 Expert Reviewers and 18 Governments on the Second Order Draft (SOD) Final Govt. Distribution 307 comments from 14 Governments on the Final Draft (FD)

Salient Features of the KP Supplement

Reasons for Revision of Chapter 4 of the GPG-LULUCF The KP Supplement New rules for accounting of FM Mandatory accounting of HWP New rules for natural disturbances for ARD and FM activities New rules for harvest and conversion of forest plantations to non-forest Wetland Drainage and Rewetting as an elected activity under Art IPCC Guidelines Other consequential changes

KP Supplement Broadly maintains the structure and general content of Chapter 4 in GPG-LULUCF, while incorporating some important changes as mandated by Decision 2/CMP.7 and other COP/CMP decisions.

Overview Chapter Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Methods for estimation, measurement, monitoring and reporting of LULUCF activities under Articles 3.3 and 3.4 KP Supplement (2) Also contains Glossary, List of Abbreviations & Annex 2A.1: Reporting Tables

Changes in the KP Supplement relative to Chapter 4 of GPG-LULUCF Chapter 1: Introduction –Changes to steps for reporting supplementary information and the general rules for categorisation of lands under Articles 3.3 and 3.4 due to FM being made a mandatory activity and inclusion of WDR as an elective activity under Article 3.4; –Updating decision trees and figures to reflect Decision 2/CMP.7. Chapter 2: Methods for estimation, measurement, monitoring and reporting of LULUCF activities under Articles 3.3 and 3.4 –Revision of the section on Disturbances (Section 2.3.9; Section in Chapter 4 of GPG- LULUCF );

Changes in the KP Supplement relative to Chapter 4 of GPG-LULUCF (2) –Addition of new sections: Forest Management Reference Level (Section 2.7.5); Technical Corrections (Section 2.7.6); Carbon Equivalent Forests (Section 2.7.7); Harvested Wood Products (Section 2.8); Wetland Drainage and Rewetting (Section 2.12).

Summary Following an invitation by CMP.7, IPCC TFI has developed the KP Supplement that provides the supplementary methods and good practice guidance for reporting of LULUCF activities under Article 3.3 and 3.4 of the Kyoto Protocol in the second commitment period. While broadly maintaining the structure and general content of Chapter 4 in GPG-LULUCF, the KP Supplement contains some important changes as mandated by Decision 2/CMP.7 and other COP/CMP decisions.

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