Climate change and the role of wood in carbon storage

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1 Climate change and the role of wood in carbon storage 1. Politics in Switzerland 2. Options for the Forest- and Wood-based Sector 3. Activities in Switzerland 4. Further actions International Softwood conference, Christoph Starck, Lignum Holzwirtschaft Schweiz

2 Legislation and Policies in Switzerland Objectives Kyoto-Protocol: - 8% CO 2 -Legislation: Emissions from fossil fuels to be reduced by 10% Emission-reduction of 4.42 Mio. to CO 2 Possibility of sinks accounted: 1.8 Mio. to CO 2 CO 2 -Tax CHF 36 / to CO 2 (fuel oil; motor fuel) First measures are voluntary measures The tax will only be implemented if the objectives are not being achieved by voluntary measures of the industries. Impact of CO 2 -tax: competitiveness of wood products

3 Emissions-reduction strategies Strategies are focused on CO 2 -tax / voluntary action Fossil fuels Reduction of emissions advantage for energy-intensive industries (forest products are classified as emissions) Strategies to avoid CO2-tax Energie-Agentur der Wirtschaft voluntary emissions reductions Klimarappen I und II voluntary contribution of the fuel/oil industry CO2-objectives and achievement Forest as insurance on the Koyto level Switzerland is accounting Forest Management Swiss objectives will only be guaranteed by accounting 0.7 Mio. to of storage in the forest.

4 Parliamentary-discussion; Post Kyoto Target values Reduce emissions by 20% In-country compensations Intended measures CO2-Tax on fuel oil Voluntary measures by enterprises Renovation programme Target value CO2-emission by new cars Compensations of ¼ of the induced emission by the traders of imported fossil fuels Intended Measures will not meet the target!

5 Options for the Forest and Wood based Sector CO 2 storage Forests as Sinks Carbon storage in wooden products Reducing CO 2 emissions Substitution of CO 2 intensive building materials Energy efficient building technologies Substitution of fossil fuels Marketing Image of renewable ressources Using wood as a contribution to CO2-mitigation

6 Forests Potential : 1.8 Mio to CO2 storage allowed (1/3 Kyoto)

7 carbon storage and substitution 1 to wooden building materials accounts for 1 to CO 2 Emissions Badenerstrasse Zürich, 2010

8 Storage in harvested wood products Potential: construction of apartments / family houses -1 Mio to CO2/a 20% in wooden construction apartements 20% of Kyoto objectives Ex: multi storey apartment building (primary construction) Wooden beams 26.3 m t CO2 Wooden slats 10.9 m3-3.3 t CO2 Particle Board/OSB 31.8 m3-9.7 t CO2 Gluelam m t CO t CO2 (total amount of wooden parts: to CO2)

9 Substitution Potential Construction of apartments, family houses -0.5 Mio to CO2/a 20% in wood apartements 10 % of Kyoto objectives Substitution and storage together might account up to 20% of the Swiss Kyoto objectives Storage as the short / middle term option Substitution as the long term option

10 Energy-efficient building technologies Family house, Riehen Plus-energy-building (power house: 262% of the own consumption) Apartement building Bern-Liebefeld, Minergie-P-Eco

11 Arguments Substitution and avoidance of emissions as best practice in the long-term Image: Strong Market Position of Wooden Construction Good feelings for the customers and economic advantages: low operating costs Economic impact of environmental technologies Substitution of resource- and energy-consuming goods by incountry produced goods Positive effects on employment and GNP Competitiveness Economic effects in mountainous regions

12 Energy Energy is complementary to the effects of wooden products: At the end of the use in a cascade Potential ~ Mio to CO 2 p.a. (9-14%) Today: 2.6 Mio. m3 = 2.5% of the energy used in Switzerland unexpected market development 1m3 = 0.6 to fossil CO 2 -emission

13 CO2- effects forests and wooden products (FOEN 2007) Impacts of wood used as energy source Impacts of substitutions effects of HWP Modelling: Energy Building and Energy Substitution and cascade additional C-storage

14 Activities in Switzerland: Politics Motion Hess / Lustenberger HWP shall be accounted by Kyoto rules swiss legislation shall create guidelines for in-country accounting of HWP Revision of CO2-law 2010: Addition of a new Article 11 The effects of carbon storage of construction wood in buildings is to be accounted We are challenged to prove feasability!

15 our climate protection project Preconditions: We are looking for means to fill in the gap between targets and intended measures! Internationally accepted: accounting of the carbon storage of wood grown in-country Forest sinks and carbon storage in HWP has to be regarded as a collective system

16 Emissions of solid construction (concrete, brick, steel) Emissions ofwood construcition Co2-storage CO2- savings The idea CO2- Zertifikat accounting CO2-Market substitution storage Increased use of wood Compensati ons of customers advice, PR

17 Arguments Climate Change policies: This instrument will fill in the gap between targets and measures Collective system forest/wood = reduced risk Wooden construction is always energy-saving Economics: Encourage regional economics No additional costs for the country: market driven development Ressource: Development of a use of wood in cascades Use of renewable ressources

18 Marketing Image: using wood is a real contribution to a sustainable development

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20 Further actions Political level Being active in every field coordination of action (Forests as Sinks connected with Emissions Reductions by carbon Storage in Wood products) Wood and Carbon storage in construction: Lobbying in Parliament Art. 11. a shall stay in the new CO2-regulation Market level Methodology for (simple) measurements and rewarding of the carbon sinks / carbon storage Marketing-Organization: Marketing of CO2-compensations directly towards High-Emission Industries CO2 Bank: Image transfer: climate-friendly wood products Carbon intensitiy labelling system for wooden products (connected to CO2-Bank)

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