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Greenhouse Gas Action Plans and Registries. Richard Birdsey USDA Forest Service. Managing the atmosphere by managing emissions and ecosystems. The United States Plan for Reducing Greenhouse Gases. The National Greenhouse Gas Registry - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Greenhouse Gas Action Plans and Registries
Richard Birdsey
USDA Forest Service
Managing the atmosphere by managing emissions and ecosystems.
The United States Plan for Reducing Greenhouse Gases
The National Greenhouse Gas Registry• In 2002, the President directed Secretaries of Energy
and Agriculture to revise guidelines for reporting• Registry may support a market for transferable credits• Take into account emerging domestic and international
approaches
Implementation• Program is voluntary• Develop new targeted incentives for carbon
sequestration and greenhouse gas reductions• Research and development
Regional Initiatives on Climate Change
(from the Pew Center)
State-level Climate Action Plans
(from the Pew Center)
Key Elements of National and State Greenhouse Gas Action Plans
National States/regions
Voluntary* Mandatory
Incentive basis Emissions allowances assigned
Limited emissions trading Active emissions trading*
Emissions reduction and sequestration*
Mostly emissions reduction
*Chicago Climate Exchange
Who Cares About Carbon Management?(some examples)
• States, e.g. Maine, Pennsylvania, California, Texas, many others
• Forest products industry• Electricity producers• Conservation Organizations (e.g. TNC)• National Arbor Day Foundation• City of Baltimore • Chicago Climate Exchange
– Energy producers, automobile manufacturers, oil companies, many other industries
– Farmers, private landowners and “aggregators
Need for Carbon Monitoring Decision-support Tools
• Basic methodology is available but not necessarily accessible or easily used
• Transaction costs for monitoring, reporting, and verifying may be high relative to the value of carbon credits
• Simple, transparent, and easy-to-use models can be developed from existing methodology
Examples of Terrestrial Carbon Management and
Monitoring Decision-support
Tools
Tree/stand models
• FVS
• AMORPHYS
• UFORE
• CORRIM
Decision support:
• COLE
• COMET-VR
• CQUEST
• FVS
• GHG inventory
Extensive data:
• FIA/FHM
• Remote Sensing
• Air sampling
Landscape data:
• Biometrics
• Remote sensing
Intensive data:
• CO2 flux
• Meteorology
• Field experiments
Ecoregion models:
• FORCARB
• CASA
• LANDIS
• PnET
• Century
Carbon manager
Scale up
Decision Support “Roadmap” for Terrestrial Carbon Management
Observations Modeling Decision support