Schlamadinger,
B., Bird, N., Johns, T., Brown, S., Canadell, J., Ciccarese, L., Dutschke, M.,
Fiedler, J., Fischlin, A., Fearnside, P., Forner, C., Freibauer, A., Frumhoff,
P., Hoehne, N., Kirschbaum, M.U.F., Labat, A., Marland, G., Michaelowa, A.,
Montanarella, L., Moutinho, P., Murdiyarso, D., Pena, N., Pingoud, K.,
Rakonczay, Z., Rametsteiner, E., Rock, J., Sanz, M.J., Schneider, U.,
Shivdenko, A., Skutsch, M., Smith, P., Somogyi, Z., Trines, E., Ward, M.,
Yamagata, Y. (2007). Options for including LULUCF activities in a post-2012
international climate agreement. Part I – Synopsis of LULUCF under the
Abstract. The complexities inherent in land
use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) activities have led to contentious
and prolonged debates about the merits of their inclusion in the 2008–2012
first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. Yet the inclusion of these
activities played a key role in agreement on the general framework of the Kyoto
Protocol, and LULUCF will likely continue to play a substantial part in
negotiations on national commitments post-2012. The Marrakech Accords dictate
which LULUCF activities are to be included under the Kyoto Protocol and provide
rules on how they are to be accounted in the first commitment period. However,
these rules have limitations and drawbacks that may be avoided in the structure
of future commitments beyond 2012. Through adherence to the objectives of the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the
incorporation of several critical features, a future framework can more
effectively address the mitigation challenges and opportunities of this sector.
Keywords: LULUCF, Kyoto Protocol,
Marrakech Accords, Carbon, Emissions, Removals, Sequestration, Saturation,
Non-permanence, Carbon stocks, Net-net accounting, Gross-net accounting,
Bioenergy, Deforestation.
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