Improving reporting of national greenhouse gas emissions from forest fires for emission reduction benefits: An example from Australia

Volkova, L; Roxburgh, SH; Surawski, NC; Meyer, CP; Weston, CJ

Improving reporting of national greenhouse gas emissions from forest fires for emission reduction benefits: An example from Australia

Volkova, L Roxburgh, SH Surawski, NC

Meyer, CP Weston, CJ

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Citation:: Environmental Science and Policy, 2019, 94 pp. 49 - 62
Issue Date:: 2019-04-01

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dc.contributor.author	Volkova, L	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Roxburgh, SH	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Surawski, NC https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2584-1044	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Meyer, CP	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Weston, CJ	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-04-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Environmental Science and Policy, 2019, 94 pp. 49 - 62	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1462-9011	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/130966
dc.description.abstract	© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Forest fires are a significant contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Accurate reporting of GHG emissions from forest fires requires development of detailed methodologies and country specific data for estimating emissions. In recent years, Australia has updated its national methodology for reporting GHG emissions from fires on temperate forested lands, using a Tier 2 approach of the 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. This involved refinement of the equation for estimating GHG emissions from fires provided in the Guidance, and the revision of country specific data which was derived from a comprehensive literature review. The refinements were key to transparent reporting and evaluation of the climatic impacts of mitigation actions such as forest fire management. In this paper we describe the steps required to develop a Tier 2 method in reporting fire emissions using this Australian example, the lessons learnt, and the steps required to reduce uncertainties in estimates. This paper may assist other countries seeking to estimate and report GHG emissions from forest fires by moving from the default Tier 1 method to Tier 2 using country-specific information.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Environmental Science and Policy	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.envsci.2018.12.023	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences	en_US
dc.title	Improving reporting of national greenhouse gas emissions from forest fires for emission reduction benefits: An example from Australia	en_US
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Abstract:

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Forest fires are a significant contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Accurate reporting of GHG emissions from forest fires requires development of detailed methodologies and country specific data for estimating emissions. In recent years, Australia has updated its national methodology for reporting GHG emissions from fires on temperate forested lands, using a Tier 2 approach of the 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. This involved refinement of the equation for estimating GHG emissions from fires provided in the Guidance, and the revision of country specific data which was derived from a comprehensive literature review. The refinements were key to transparent reporting and evaluation of the climatic impacts of mitigation actions such as forest fire management. In this paper we describe the steps required to develop a Tier 2 method in reporting fire emissions using this Australian example, the lessons learnt, and the steps required to reduce uncertainties in estimates. This paper may assist other countries seeking to estimate and report GHG emissions from forest fires by moving from the default Tier 1 method to Tier 2 using country-specific information.

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