The rules for land use, land use change and forestry under the Kyoto Protocol—lessons learned for the future climate negotiations

This paper provides an overview of the rules for accounting emissions of land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) for the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. It first describes the rules in detail, it then provides an overview of the history of negotiations that led to these rules...

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Published in:Environmental science & policy 2007-06, Vol.10 (4), p.353-369
Main Authors: Höhne, Niklas, Wartmann, Sina, Herold, Anke, Freibauer, Annette
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bargaining
Biosphere
Carbon
Climate change
Climate policy
Environmental economics
Environmental policy
Forestry
Kyoto Protocol
Land use
Land use change and forestry
LULUCF
Marrakech accords
UNFCCC
United nations framework convention on climate change
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Summary:This paper provides an overview of the rules for accounting emissions of land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) for the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. It first describes the rules in detail, it then provides an overview of the history of negotiations that led to these rules and provides resulting conclusions for future international climate negotiations. We conclude that the current rules can be better understood in the light of the negotiation history. For the future, we conclude that first an agreement on the objectives of including LULUCF in the future climate regime should be developed, e.g. to contribute significantly to the ultimate objective of the convention. Further, a solid set of data should be developed that can assess the magnitude of possible options. The rules should be scientifically sound, complete and balanced as well as unambiguous before the quantitative targets are defined. They should further be simple and inclusive to include all carbon pools, i.e. provide incentives to avoid deforestation and unsustainable logging in all countries.
ISSN:1462-9011
1873-6416
DOI:10.1016/j.envsci.2007.02.001