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What issues need to be addressed in the RED II draft to ensure environmental integrity and net climate benefit of bioenergy use

With this scientific opinion paper, we aim to raise awareness for some issues leading to insufficient GHG savings and potentially causing a gap between two climate and energy legislative frameworks of the European Union: the recast of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) and the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Regulation (LULUCF Regulation). Quelle: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de

Land use as a sector for market mechanisms under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement

Der Landnutzungssektor spielt eine entscheidende Rolle für das Erreichen der Ziele des Übereinkommens von Paris, den Anstieg der globalen Durchschnittstemperatur auf deutlich unter 2 ˚C zu begrenzen und ein Gleichgewicht zwischen Treibhausgasemissionen aus Quellen und der Aufnahme von Kohlenstoff durch Senken in der zweiten Hälfte dieses Jahrhunderts zu erreichen. Dieser Bericht erörtert die wichtigsten Herausforderungen für die Umweltintegrität bei der Nutzung von Kohlenstoffmarktmechanismen zur Umsetzung von Minderungsmaßnahmen im Landnutzungssektor. Bei Crediting-Mechanismen sind die größten Herausforderungen der Nachweis der Zusätzlichkeit der Minderungsaktivitäten, die Festlegung glaubwürdiger Referenzszenarien (baselines), die Bewältigung einer möglichen Verlagerung von Emissionen oder Aktivitäten (leakage), die Quantifizierung der Netto-Kohlenstoffspeicherung mit effektiven Monitoringsystemen (monitoring), die Vermeidung von Doppelzählungen (double counting), sowohl in Hinblick auf NDCs als auch bei der Integration von Aktivitäten verschiedener Akteure in einen nationalen Anrechnungsrahmen, und die potenzielle Nicht-Permanenz (non-permanence) von gespeichertem Kohlenstoff. Darüber hinaus müssen ökologische und soziale Schutzmaßnahmen eingeführt werden, um Zielkonflikte zu minimieren und Co-Benefits zu fördern. Bei Cap-and-Trade-Systemen ist neben dem Umfang der zu berücksichtigenden Emissionen und der Kohlenstoffspeicherung (z. B. landbasiert versus aktivitätsbasiert) und den Fragen der Bilanzierung (z. B. brutto-netto, netto-netto oder Bilanzierung gegen eine projizierte Baseline) auch der Umgang mit einer möglichen Nicht-Permanenz eine große Herausforderung. Der Bericht untersucht, wie bestehende Kohlenstoffmarktmechanismen diese Herausforderungen in der Praxis adressieren, und beurteilt, inwieweit diese Ansätze die Risiken für Umweltintegrität mindern können. Die Analyse umfasst ausgewählte Crediting-Mechanismen und zwei Fallstudien von Cap-and-Trade-Systemen (EU-LULUCF-Verordnung und Neuseeländisches Emissionshandelssystem). Abschließend fasst der Bericht die wichtigsten Ergebnisse hinsichtlich der Einbeziehung des Sektors in Kohlenstoffmarktmechanismen zusammen. Quelle: Forschungsbericht

Peatlands, forests and the climate architecture: setting incentives through markets and enhanced accounting

The study explores policy options to map and integrate greenhouse gas (GHG) sensitive interventions in peatlands and forests in the emerging climate change architecture both under the UNFCCC and at theEUlevel. The underlying purpose is to present incentives for tapping into the vast emission reduction potential presented by peatlands and forests, and to feed the results into the on-going climate negotiations of the 2015 agreement.Quelle: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de

Implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions

The study analyses the country background, emissions trends, ongoing activities and barriers relating to the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) of Colombia under the ⁠UNFCCC⁠. A special emphasis is laid on further mitigation potentials in the fields of renewable energy production from wind and solar PV, social housing, forest conservation in existing illicit crop substitution programmes and cattle. A chapter is dedicated to coal export and use.

Implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions

The study analyses the country background, emissions trends, ongoing activities and barriers relating to the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) of Kenya under the ⁠UNFCCC⁠. A special emphasis is laid on further mitigation potentials in the fields of reforestation, afforestation and decreasing deforestation as well as efficient biomass and renewable energy cookstoves and renewable energy. A chapter is dedicated to the relevance and perspectives of coal use.

Implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions

The study analyses the country background, emissions trends, ongoing activities and barriers relating to the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) of Viet Nam under the ⁠UNFCCC⁠. A special emphasis is laid on further mitigation potentials. Fields of mitigation assessed are efficiency, the setting of right incentives for the upscaled deployment of renewables and emissions reductions in the transport sector. The planned increase in coal use – contrary to mitigation ambition in other fields – is assessed in relevance and perspective.

Implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions

The study analyses the country background, emissions trends, ongoing activities and barriers relating to the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) of Peru under the ⁠UNFCCC⁠. A special emphasis is laid on further mitigation potentials in the fields of renewable energy in the electricity generation mix, the transport sector – especially the increase the share of electric vehicles by 2030, and tackling deforestation.

Implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions

The study analyses the country background, emissions trends, ongoing activities and barriers relating to the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) of Indonesia under the ⁠UNFCCC⁠. A special emphasis is laid on further mitigation potentials. Fields of mitigation assessed are land use, land use change and forestry (⁠LULUCF⁠) governance and monitoring as well as electricity demand and generation. A chapter is dedicated to the ongoing and planned increase in coal use – contrary to mitigation ambition in other fields – including an analysis of the economic role and local impacts of coal.

Implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions

The study analyses the country background, emissions trends, ongoing activities and barriers relating to the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) of Morocco under the ⁠UNFCCC⁠. A special emphasis is laid on further mitigation potentials in the fields of urban environment, the mineral sector and the transport sector. A chapter is dedicated to the relevance and perspectives of coal use.

Implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions

The study analyses the country background, emissions trends, ongoing activities and barriers relating to the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) of the Republic of Marshall Islands under the ⁠UNFCCC⁠. A special emphasis is laid on further mitigation potentials in the fields of transport – especially low-carbon domestic shipping – and waste reduction, disposal and processing.

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