TY - JOUR
T1 - LULUCF in the post-2012 regime
T2 - Fixing the problems of the past?
AU - Macintosh, Andrew Kerr
PY - 2012/5
Y1 - 2012/5
N2 - One of the reasons why the Kyoto Protocol has been environmentally ineffective is the flaws in the land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) accounting rules, including voluntary accounting for Article 3.4 activities, the adoption of a definition of forest management that allowed parties to preferentially include and exclude forest lands, and allowing parties with net emissions from LULUCF in 1990 to include deforestation emissions in their 1990 emissions base year. Three proposed amendments to the LULUCF rules for the post-2012 regime are discussed and analysed: (1) a force majeure rule, (2) a baseline-and-credit system for forest management and (3) an 'emissions-to-atmosphere' approach for harvested wood products. Although these proposals have the potential to significantly improve the accounting framework, there are still significant problems such as the failure to account for the biophysical effects of forest activities, uncertainties associated with the application of the forest management baseline-and-credit system and continuing optional coverage of Article 3.4 activities.
AB - One of the reasons why the Kyoto Protocol has been environmentally ineffective is the flaws in the land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) accounting rules, including voluntary accounting for Article 3.4 activities, the adoption of a definition of forest management that allowed parties to preferentially include and exclude forest lands, and allowing parties with net emissions from LULUCF in 1990 to include deforestation emissions in their 1990 emissions base year. Three proposed amendments to the LULUCF rules for the post-2012 regime are discussed and analysed: (1) a force majeure rule, (2) a baseline-and-credit system for forest management and (3) an 'emissions-to-atmosphere' approach for harvested wood products. Although these proposals have the potential to significantly improve the accounting framework, there are still significant problems such as the failure to account for the biophysical effects of forest activities, uncertainties associated with the application of the forest management baseline-and-credit system and continuing optional coverage of Article 3.4 activities.
KW - Kyoto Protocol
KW - abatement costs
KW - land use, land-use change and forestry
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861156288&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14693062.2011.605711
DO - 10.1080/14693062.2011.605711
M3 - Article
SN - 1469-3062
VL - 12
SP - 341
EP - 355
JO - Climate Policy
JF - Climate Policy
IS - 3
ER -