Transcript The UN-REDD Programme

The UN-REDD Programme
Measurement, Assessment,
Reporting and Verification (MARV)
Issues and Options for REDD
10 March 2009
Peter Holmgren
Why MARV?
• Cornerstone for carbon accounting
– national communications to UNFCCC
– one starting point for baseline establishment
– supports national / sub-national
implementation of incentive systems
• Support to policy formulation and feedback
– knowledge of drivers of change
– information on multiple benefits
What is MARV?
Measurement
Data from Field Sampling, Remote
Sensing
Assessment
Results from analyses and models,
including quality measures
Reporting
National communications to
UNFCCC using IPCC standards
Verification
Formal review and verification of
reports
Eye on the ball!
• 5 Carbon pools (IPCC)
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Above-ground biomass
Below-ground biomass
Dead wood
Litter
Soil organic matter
But also!
Broader needs at
country level
Current data sources
National forest
inventory
Quality
Forest
management plans
Maps
Annex I - Forest area
Annex I - Carbon stock
Independent
reports
non-Annex I - Forest area
non-Annex I - Carbon stock
Case studies /
Models
Expert estimates
No data
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Selected Issues
• Better MARV = Higher Payments (maybe)
– but probably low premium for high precision
• REDD construction affect cost for MARV
– e.g. reporting Frequency considerations
– within country REDD implementation
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Can we do it with proven approaches?
Should we expect new methods/techniques?
Institutional capacity
Varying ecological and land use conditions
Country level considerations
• Institutional strengthening
– long-term
– synergies with other needs
– political and financial commitments
– collaboration
• Historical emissions
– remote sensing
– UN-REDD collaboration with Global Forest
Resources Assessment initiative
FRA 2010 Remote sensing survey
Options for UN-REDD countries
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2005
2000
Country level considerations
• Current and future C stocks and changes
– Field sampling
– Remote sensing
– Models and functions
– Links to sub-national levels
– Synergies with other information needs
• Information needs beyond C accounting
– Country-specific
International MARV actions
facilitated by UN-REDD
• International capacity development
• Remote sensing data supply
• Technical reviews
– Multiple benefits assessment, Local,
small‐scale MARV, Forest degradation
measurèment, Biomass measurement,
Institutional aspects of MARV, Review of
possible REDD constructions and implications
for MARV, Assessment of historical trends
Partners
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GTOS,
GOFC‐GOLD,
Clinton initiative,
Terrestrial Carbon Group,
International Forest Carbon Initiative (Aus)
Brazil / INPE ,
GEO / CEOS
CD‐REDD
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Priorities
• Measurement considerations for meeting
IPCC requirements
• Methodology considerations for meeting
additional country requirements
• Lowering the technology threshold
– costs and fragmentation issues
• Long-term institution and capacity
strengthening
Immediate priorities (pre-CPH)
• Technical reviews / reports to inform parties
• Workshops / training on issues and options
– forest degradation, remote sensing survey, national
forest inventories, institutional aspects, ...
– exchange of country experiences
• Early results from country programmes
– historical emissions
– carbon stocks
• Initiate remote sensing data supply programme