JRC technical workshop on LULUCF issues under the Kyoto Protocol
Organized by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
Brussels, 21 November 2011
Avenue de Beaulieu 33, 1160 Auderghem, Building BU33 , Room 0/54
LULUCF technical workshop is being annually organized by Joint Research Center since 2006 with the purpose to support the improvement of the reporting under the requirements of the UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol. Also this year, the workshop aims to gather experts from EU MS and other countries to share their experience and discuss key issues emerged during the EU QA/QC and UNFCCC review process.
The workshop also aims to assess the needs emerging from MS and the possible contribution that JRC could provide in coming years in terms of expertise/datasets/information.
Expected participants include national experts responsible for the LULUCF sector, inventory compilers and scientists involved in the estimation and reporting of LULUCF.
Workshop agenda
Reporting issues under the UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol |
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Introduction (Giacomo Grassi and Viorel Blujdea, JRC) |
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Overview of the LULUCF and KP-LULUCF issues in the 2011 review cycle of the UNFCCC (Javier Hanna, UNFCCC) |
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Overview of MS’ LULUCF GHG inventories and common problems identified during the EU QA/QC (Viorel Blujdea and Giacomo Grassi, JRC) |
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Reporting C stock changes in soils |
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BioSoil: Demonstration Project for Monitoring European Forest Soils and Biodiversity (Roland Hiederer, JRC) |
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Greenhouse gas budget of soils under changing climate and land use: experience from Cost action 639 “burnout” (Mirko Rodegheiro, IASMA, Italy) |
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Preliminary screening of recent scientific literature to support KP LULUCF reporting (Viorel Blujdea, JRC) |
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Presentations by countries |
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Improving sample based KP- reporting - a challenge for countries using cyclic inventories (Matthias Lundblad and Hans Petersson, Sweden) |
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Integration of heterogeneous data sources for land use cover determination (Volker Mues, Germany) |
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Modifications in the German LULUCF-Inventory 2012 compared to previous years (Andreas Gensior and W. Stümer, Germany) |
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Recent innovations for LULUCF, the UK experience (Steve Hallsworth, UK) |
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Bulgarian KP-LULUCF issue included in the Saturday paper (Lora Petrova, Bulgaria) |
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Swiss experience with KP-reporting (Nele Rogiers, Switzerland) |
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Agenda and Topics
The
mission of the JRC is to provide customer-driven scientific and
technical support for the conception, development, implementation and
monitoring of EU policies. As a service of the European Commission, the
JRC functions as a reference centre of science and technology for the
Union. Close to the policy-making process, it serves the common
interest of the Member States, while being independent of special
interests, whether private or national. 
