1. GHGs Inventory support
initiatives under UN REDD

2. About the UN-REDD Programme
• Partnership of FAO, UNDP and UNEP
• Providing Quick start readiness support to 9
countries
• Major opportunities under phase 2
• Governed by a Policy Board
• In response to requests, welcomed 5 new countries
in October
• Global activities designed to support national efforts
include MRV, multiple benefits, stakeholder
engagement

3. UN-REDD capacity building at Global Level on
GHGs Inventory
- CD REDD 3rd workshop on “National Forest Inventory: The Experiences of
Non-Annex I Countries”. May 2009, India
- CD REDD 4th workshop on “Readiness for REDD”. August 2009, Germany
- Workshop on “Preparing Capacity Building Initiatives for Comprehensive
Greenhouse Gas Inventories”. November 2009, Spain
In collaboration with:

4. UN-REDD GHGs Inventory activities at Country Level
DRC
Under UN-REDD:
Panama
•FAO plans to support GHG
inventories in 6 countries. Papua New
•Inventories will be Guinea
conducted in accordance
with reporting requirements Paraguay
for Annex I Parties under the
Convention for the LULUCF sector. Vietnam
Zambia

5. UN REDD / FAO C-MRV approach in pilot countries
National GHGs Inventory
- to assess carbon stock changes
National Forest Inventory
- to assess emission factors
RS monitoring system
- to assess activity data

6. Scope of MRV/Monitoring for REDD
MRV/Monitoring
Success
Safeguards – Social,
Environmental, Governance Factors
Robustness
Address non- Transparency
Drivers C-MRV permanence
C stock/emissions Stakeholder
-> GHG inventories engagement
Actions -> accounting
Multiple benefits
to avoid Feedback loops
Leakage
Integration with
other monitoring
Consistency with other goals – needs
Social, Environmental

7. Don’t Panic!
• Cost-effective methods
are available
• Experience is around
• No need for detailed
decisions now
• Give the process time
• Phased approach

8. Long-term Institutional needs
1927
Sweden: stem volume since 1920, by species
3500
Pine
3000 Spruce
Broad-leaved
2500 Total
2000
2007
M m3
1500
1000
500
0
1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Year
All C pools...

9. UN REDD / FAO C-MRV approach in pilot countries
National GHGs Inventory
- to assess carbon stock changes
National Forest Inventory
- to assess emission factors
RS monitoring system
- to assess activity data

10. In UN-REDD significant technical expertise on GHGs
inventories are existing also in UNDP and UNEP

11. UNDP’s and UNEP’s national communication support
progamme for non Annex I Parties’ has already
targeted many countries around the world

12. Future activties
• There is existing technical expertise in UN-
REDD
• But we need to partner and coordinate with
other players
• With additional financial support the UN-
REDD Programme could extend its activities
on GHG Inventories to between 15-20 (or
more..) countries