The FAOSTAT Emissions database: Available data and major gaps - Francesco Tubiello, FAO Francesco N. Tubiello MICCA Monitoring and Assessment of GHG in Agriculture Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO, Rome Nov 11 2014
FAO Objectives Identify mitigation strategies that are consistent with food security, resilience and rural development goals Support member countries to improve rural statistics and report their GHG emissions from agriculture, forestry and the land use sector NCs, BURs, NAMAs and REDD+ Coordinate with relevant international programmes towards coherent frameworks, focusing national statistical processes UNDP; UNREDD; UNFCCC; IPCC Global Strategy
FAO Activities Global data: FAOSTAT Emissions database for AFOLU, 1961-present, with country detail Knowledge generation: IPCC AR5 and IPCC Guidelines, GHG Reports Capacity Development: Support member countries identify and report GHG data for AFOLU Manuals, Infografix
FAOSTAT Emissions Database: A reference Tier 1 Exercise & geo-reference data + IPCC 2006 Guidelines =
Agriculture GHG Emissions Statistics: Categories Agricultural soils LULUCF DOMAIN CATEGORY GAS reported Data source Enteric Fermentation CH 4 FAOSTAT Manure Management CH 4, FAOSTAT DOMAIN CATEGORY GAS reported Data source Rice Cultivation CH 4 FAOSTAT Forest land CO 2 FRA Synthetic Fertilizers FAOSTAT Manure applied to soils FAOSTAT Manure left on pasture FAOSTAT Crop residues FAOSTAT Cultivated organic soils Burning - Savanna CH 4, Burning Crop CH 4, residues FAOSTAT Cropland CO 2 Grassland CO 2 CH 4, Burning Biomass, CO 2 Wetlands CO 2 Settlements CO 2 Other land CO 2
Compiling new statistics using global maps Data on: Burned areas for all land cover categories Organic soils
Burning Biomass Activity Data Activity data from georeferenced data Organic soils map (HWSD) Land Cover map (GLC 2000) Burned area from satellite data (MODIS, GFED4) Climatic map (JRC) Forests map (FAO-FRA) IPCC 2006 Emissions from cultivated organic soils Emissions from Biomass Burning Total Savanna Total Savanna burned biomass burned in area in 2012 2012 (Tonnes) (Tier1 IPCC default methodology) These new data are available through FAOSTAT as National aggregates, and soon for download as geo-referenced data
Drained Organic Soils Organic Soils (Histosols): - Harmonized World Soil Database (FAO, IIASA, ISRIC, CAS, JRC - 2012) Cultivated (cropped) areas: - GLC 2000 (currently exploring MODIS 2001-2010) Climatic zones: - JRC map, 2010, according to IPCC prescriptions
Utilization of geo-referenced data 2: Peatlands
World distribution of cultivated histosols
Agriculture GHG Emissions Statistics: Categories Agricultural soils LULUCF DOMAIN CATEGORY GAS reported Data source Enteric Fermentation CH 4 FAOSTAT Manure Management CH 4, FAOSTAT Rice Cultivation CH 4 FAOSTAT Synthetic Fertilizers FAOSTAT Manure applied to soils Manure left on pasture FAOSTAT FAOSTAT Crop residues FAOSTAT Cultivated organic soils Burning - Savanna Burning Crop residues CH 4, CH 4, HWSD, GLC2000 GFED4, JRC, FRA- GEZ FAOSTAT DOMAIN CATEGORY GAS reported Data source Forest land CO 2 FRA HWSD, Cropland CO 2 GLC2000 HWSD, Grassland CO 2 GLC2000 CH 4, GFED4, Burning Biomass, HWSD CO 2 Wetlands CO 2 Settlements CO 2 Other land CO 2 http://faostat3.fao.org/faostat-gateway/go/to/browse/g1/*/e
Addressing different data analysis needs: 1. National, Regional and Global Assessments: Facilitate regional comparisons and trend analysis for AFOLU IPCC AR5 2. Fill data gaps and QA/QC procedures: Provide a reference, Tier 1 data framework for analysis of AFOLU GHG trends for all countries EU 28 QA/QC in 2014 using FAOSTAT Emissions data 3. Develop Indicators: Derive complex GHG indexes useful for analysis and policy support 4. Access geo-referenced data: Move beyond nationally aggregated statistics for the land use sector
New Data Analysis Tools in FAOSTAT Emissions Database
2. QA/QC Analyses Manure Left on Pasture Average 1990-2010 Annex I Rice Average 1990-2010 non-annex I
Capacity Development-Knowledge Knowledge Generation; GHG Data Analyses, Manuals in support of GHG Inventory and submission processes
Capacity Development-Regional Statistics Inception Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Statistics Da Lat, Viet Nam, 5-6 October 2012 33 participants; 18 countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, LAO PDR, Korea ROK, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam) Second FAO workshop on Statistics for Greenhouse Gases Emissions Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 3-4 June 2013 29 participants; 18 countries (Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Dominican Republic, Peru, Uruguay, and Trinidad and Tobago) Third FAO Regional workshop on Statistics for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Casablanca, Morocco, 2-3 December 2013 37 participants; 23 countries (Algeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo Dem. Rep., Cote d'ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia).
Capacity Development-BURs/NAMAs BUR Pilots QA Mexico, Uruguay, Costa Rica UN REDD Targeted Support Ecuador, Colombia, DRC, Congo Special activity on Peatlands Indonesia - Data Gaps; QA/QC - National Statistical Processes - Interagency Coordination - UNREDD, UNDP, UNFCCC, IPCC
Conclusions Availability of a global greenhouse gas emission database by country, as tool to support member countries build a robust Tier 1 for AFOLU and perform QA/QC analyses on activity data and GHG emissions Possibility of direct work with member countries Focus on building coherency among relevant programmes, aimed at increasing efficiency of country impacts and donor resources
Thank you for Your Attention! Contact: francesco.tubiello@fao.org; maghg@fao.org Website MAGHG: www.fao.org/climatechange/micca/ghg WebsiteFAOSTAT: http://faostat.fao.org With Funding From: