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Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol

Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. Key Forestry - Related Issues. COFO 2001. Overview. Forests and carbon The Protocol of Kyoto After COP 6 Role of FAO. C-Emission World 1990 6.9 Gt. 23% LULUCF. 3% WASTE. 24% Building. 34% Industry. 16% Transport.

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Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol

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  1. Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol Key Forestry - Related Issues COFO 2001

  2. Overview • Forests and carbon • The Protocol of Kyoto • After COP 6 • Role of FAO

  3. C-Emission World 1990 6.9 Gt 23% LULUCF 3% WASTE 24% Building 34% Industry 16% Transport

  4. Global carbon stocks Oceans 39 000 Gt Atmosphere 760 Gt Soils about 2 000 Gt Vegetation 500 Gt

  5. Forests as carbon stocks ca. 50 % of terrestrial C Tropical forests: 37%  Soils > 50%

  6. Above ground woody biomass

  7. Forestry practices to slow down CO2 accumulation in atmosphere Conservation Storage Substitution

  8. Kyoto Protocol CoP 3 Kyoto, 12/1997 Objective: Reduction of GHG in 39 countries by at least 5 % (level 1990) in 2008-2012

  9. Flexible mechanisms Joint implementation Clean development mechanism Emission trading

  10. After COP 6 Compliance Flexible Mechanisms Financing

  11. After COP 6 Inclusion of LULUCF Supplementarity Forests as sinks

  12. Next steps ? Informal Talks COP 6/2 in July COP 7 in November Rio + 10 in 2002

  13. Role of FAO • Repository of data • Information and advice • Custodian of methods, models • Neutral forum

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