The default methods in the 2019 Refinement drastically reduce estimates of global carbon sinks of harvested wood products.

ABSTRACT: The stock dynamics of harvested wood products (HWPs) are a relevant component of anthropogenic carbon cycles. Generally, HWP stock increases are treated as carbon removals from the atmosphere, while stock decreases are considered emissions. Among the different approaches suggested by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for accounting HWPs in national greenhouse gas inventories, the production approach has been established as the common approach under the Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement. However, the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change decided that alternative approaches can also be used. The IPCC has published guidelines for estimating HWP carbon stocks and default parameters for the various approach

SUBMITTER: Kayo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8666044 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature