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Analysis of the land use sector in INDCs (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions) of relevant Non-Annex I-parties on the road to Paris 2015
Project
Project code: TI-WF-08-PID1682
Contract period: 01.03.2015
- 31.08.2015
Purpose of research: Inventory & Assessment
The international community has committed itself to adopt a global climate agreement in Paris in 2015, which shall enter into force in 2020 and shall be legally-binding for all. In advance of the negotiations, parties shall submit the so-called Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC), providing the voluntary national emission reduction pledges post 2020. For the purposes of § 14 of the Lima Call for Climate Action parties may also provide information on whether and in what manner removals are taken into account. Removals are synonymous for the land use (LU) sector that can serve as a carbon sink or source, depending on the management and the national circumstances.
Climate negotiations in the past have shown that the accounting rules that result from the special role of the land use sector have a major impact on the accounting of emissions and removals (in the sum: net-removals), and thus on the pledged overall emission reduction targets. Since the international community has yet not been able to agree on binding accounting rules for post-2020, every party can decide on its own, how it considers net-emissions from land use in its INDC. This uncertainty presents a challenge regarding the assessment of national and global reduction targets, as national profitable accounting rules, especially from countries with large forest areas, could significantly weaken the overall ambitious level.
Analysis of the INDCs on the base of a templates.
Section overview
Subjects
- Forestry
- Climate Change
Framework programme
Funding programme
Excutive institution
Institute of International Forestry and Forest Economics (TI-IW)