Assessing transparency and ambition in the Land use sector

Program

Overview of land use and forestry sector within INDC (Paulo Canaveira, Terraprima)
Quantifying the LULUCF contribution in meeting INDCs (Giacomo Grassi, JRC)

The Low Carbon Technology Partnerships Initiative (Matthew Reddy – WBCSD)
The economics of climate change mitigation options in the forest sector (Thaís Linhares-Juvenal, FAO)

Improving the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of the LULUCF sector in the EU (Simone Rossi, JRC)
Voluntary emission reduction certification in the LULUCF sector: new European experiences (Julia Grimault, Institute for Climate Economics)

Website : https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/

01 Dec 2015

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