ASIA AND PACIFIC COMMISSION ON AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

TWENTY-SIXTH SESSIONThimphu, Bhutan, 15-19 February 2016

Agenda Item 8

Greenhouse Gas emissions from Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use: FAOSTAT data analysis and tools in support of capacity development in m

ember countries

Contributed by: Francesco Tubiello, FAO Statistics DivisionFrancesco.Tubiello@fao.org

APCAS/16/8.5

GreenhouseGasemissionsfromAgriculture,ForestryandLandUse:FAOSTATdataanalysisandtoolsinsupportofcapacitydevelopmentinmembercountries

26TH MeetingoftheAsia-PacificCommission

onAgriculturalStatistics

FEBRUARY15-192016,Thimpu,Bhutan

FrancescoN.Tubiello

Environment Team LeaderStatistic Division

Introduction• Improving agriculture statistics for crop and

livestock, forestry and land use change, with a focus on greenhouse gas emissions

• Support to member countries to report to the climate change convention (UNFCCC): oEstablishment of simplified Inventories as

reference for gap analysis, QA/QC, long-term sustainability

oConsistency with food security, resilience and rural development goals

FAOSTAT Emissions Database: A reference Tier 1 GHG Inventory

+IPCC 2006 Guidelines

=

& geo-reference data

GHG Emissions Statistics: CategoriesDOMAIN CATEGORY GAS

reported Data source

Agr

icul

ture

Enteric Fermentation CH4 FAOSTAT

Manure Management CH4, N2O

FAOSTAT

Rice Cultivation CH4 FAOSTATA

gric

ultu

rals

oils

Synthetic Fertilizers N2O FAOSTAT

Manure applied to soils N2O FAOSTAT

Manure left on pasture N2O FAOSTAT

Crop residues N2O FAOSTAT

Cultivated organicsoils N2O

HWSD, GLC2000

Burning - Savanna CH4, N2O

GFED4, JRC, FRA-

GEZBurning – Crop residues

CH4, N2O

FAOSTAT

DOMAIN CATEGORY GASreported Data source

LU

LU

CF

Forest land CO2 FRA

Cropland CO2HWSD,

GLC2000

Grassland CO2HWSD,

GLC2000

Burning BiomassCH4, N2O, CO2

GFED4, HWSD

Wetlands CO2

Settlements CO2

Other land CO2

DOMAIN CATEGORY GAS reported Data source

Agr

icul

ture

Enteric Fermentation CH4 FAOSTAT

Manure Management CH4, N2O

FAOSTAT

Rice Cultivation CH4 FAOSTATA

gric

ultu

rals

oils

Synthetic Fertilizers N2O FAOSTAT

Manure applied to soils N2O FAOSTAT

Manure left on pasture N2O FAOSTAT

Crop residues N2O FAOSTAT

Cultivated organicsoils N2O

Burning - Savanna CH4, N2O

Burning – Crop residues

CH4, N2O

FAOSTAT

DOMAIN CATEGORY GASreported Data source

LU

LU

CF

Forest land CO2 FRA

Cropland CO2

Grassland CO2

Burning BiomassCH4, N2O, CO2

Wetlands CO2

Settlements CO2

Other land CO2

StatisticalApplicationofEmissionData:

1. National,RegionalandGlobalAssessments:Facilitateregional

comparisonsandtrendanalysisforAFOLU

2. FilldatagapsandQA/QCprocedures:Provideareference,Tier

1dataframeworkforanalysisofAFOLUGHGtrendsforall

countries–EU28QA/QCin2014usingFAOSTATEmissionsdata

3. DevelopIndicators:DerivecomplexGHGindexesusefulfor

analysisandpolicysupport

4. Accessgeo-referenceddata:Movebeyondnationally

aggregatedstatisticsforthelandusesector

NewDataAnalysisToolsin

FAOSTATEmissionsDatabase

Per capita Agro-meterology

GlobalandRegionalTrendsinAgriculture

Source: FAOSTAT, 2015

% Share of Agriculture to total economy

GlobalandRegionalTrends

CarbonIntensityofCommodities

Source: FAOSTAT test site, 2015

Africa,CattleMeat(kgCO2/kgproduct)

QualityControl/QualityAssuranceofInventories

Source: FAOSTAT test site, 2015

Bhutan,AgricultureTotalandMMS(GgCO2eq)

3500000

4000000

4500000

5000000

5500000

6000000

6500000

2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050

AMBITION

Assessing Future Reduction CommitmentsG

gCO

2eq

yr-1

HOT AIR

CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

Country work based on national statistics and FAOSTAT Emissions database in support of sustainable inventories:

• Gap filling and trend analysis

• Quality Control, Quality Assurance of GHG Inventories

• IPCC Guidelines• Annex to WCA 2020

• CountryPilots’QA/QC:

Mexico,Uruguay,CostaRica,

China,Mongolia

• UNREDDTargetedSupport:

Ecuador,Colombia,Paraguay,

DRC,Congo,Indonesia

• GIO/JICAWGIAGHGWorkshop,

BangkokandBali2014and2015:30Countries

• ThematicWorkshopII,Manure

Statistics(Rwanda,Nov2015)

• Peatlands:Indonesia

• InteragencyCoordination:

UNREDD,UNDP,UNFCCC,IPCC

CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

Conclusions

• Availability of a global greenhouse gas emission database by country, as tool to support member countries build a robust inventory and perform QA/QC analyses on activity data and emissions

• Possibility of direct work with member countries

• Focus on building linkages with climate reporting and rural development goals

• Focus on coherency among relevant programs, internationally and across national agencies

Discussion/Recommendations

Based on the presentations in this session, issues forconsideration include the possibility of APCAS to:

• Welcome FAO work on greenhouse gas emissionsanalysis tools, based on the FAOSTAT Emissionsdatabase, including function for data quality control andassurance, indicators and geospatial data

• Encourage FAO to continue its regional and nationalcapacity development activities in Asia-Pacific, to addressthe challenges of member countries on greenhouse gasemission statistics for agriculture, forestry and land use

AFCAS 23, 2013 16FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Thank You!

For additional information:

Environment-statistics@fao.org

http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/agri-environment/en/

Global and Regional TrendsAgriculture Emissions

1.2%

1.0%

0.0% 0.2% 0.4% 0.6% 0.8% 1.0% 1.2% 1.4%

2001-2010

2012

Global Growth Rates