3 Amendments of Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY related to 2012/0042(COD)
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The accounting rules should accurately represent human-induced changes in emissions and removals. In that regard, this Decision should provide for the use of specific methodologies in respect of different LULUCF activities. Emissions and removals related to afforestation, reforestation and deforestation are the direct result of human intervention and should therefore be accounted for in their entirety. However, given that not all emissions and removals from forest management are anthropogenic, the relevant accounting rules should provide for the use of reference levels to exclude the effects of natural and country-specific characteristics. Reference levels constitute estimates of the annual net emissions or removals resulting from forest management within the territory of a Member State for the years included in an accounting period, and should be set transparently in accordance with Decision - /CMP.7. They should be updated to reflect improvements to methodologies or data available in the Member States. The accounting rules should provide for an upper limit applicable to net greenhouse gas emissions and removals for forest management that may be entered into accounts, given underlying uncertainties in the projections on which the reference levels are based. It is the intention of the Union to replace the current reference level approach with a more comprehensive approach in the next accounting period and to adapt this Decision accordingly.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Wetland drainage and rewetting cover emissions from peatlands storing very large amounts of carbon. Emissions from degrading and draining peatlands correspond to some 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions and represented 3,5-4% of Union's emissions in 2010. In order to have full transparency and to show leadership in a sector where the Union is the second largest emitter globally, emissions and removals from wetland drainage and rewetting should also be included in Member States' accounts.
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall reflect in their accounts pursuant to Article 3(1) emissions from harvested wood products containing carbon on 1 January 2013 even where such harvested wood products were harvested prior to this date and shall distinguish between products originating from deforestation and forest management.