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The LoGIc tool for developing land representation for national greenhouse gas inventories

Technical guide version 1.4.en.1

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 43 p.

Author Tzamtzis, I.; Federici, S.; Slivinska, V.; Salvatore, M.;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

To cite or share https://doi.org/10.4060/cc9214en

Synopsis (short abstract) Parties to the Paris Agreement are required to submit their national inventory report of anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions, in accordance with the modalities, procedures and guidelines for the transparency framework for action and support. The guidelines require all countries to report their GHG emissions/removals estimates separately for the land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector, using the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. To develop the LULUCF GHG inventory, the land representation information is of utmost importance. This is because it provides the area information for estimating associated carbon stock changes and non-CO2 emissions. While countries can obtain data on land-use classification by using remote sensing information, there is still the need to appropriately process this information to develop a consistent land representation. The LoGIc tool was designed to help governments, national experts and GHG inventory practitioners in developing the land representation, in accordance with the newly adopted common reporting tables for submitting the inventory to the UNFCCC.

Download the LoGIc tool here. Download the LoGIc input file template here.

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Tzamtzis, I., Federici, S., Slivinska, V. and Salvatore, M. 2024. The LoGIc tool for developing land representation for national greenhouse gas inventories – Technical guide version 1.4.en.1. Rome, FAO.


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