1.
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
OrganizaEon
of
the
United
NaEons
FAO,
Rome
Nov
11
2014

2.
FAO
ObjecEves
• IdenEfy
miEgaEon
strategies
that
are
consistent
with
food
security,
resilience
and
rural
development
goals
• Support
member
countries
to
improve
rural
staEsEcs
and
report
their
GHG
emissions
from
agriculture,
forestry
and
the
land
use
sector
–NCs,
BURs,
NAMAs
and
REDD+
• Coordinate
with
relevant
internaEonal
programmes
towards
coherent
frameworks,
focusing
naEonal
staEsEcal
processes
–UNDP;
UNREDD;
UNFCCC;
IPCC
Global
Strategy

3.
FAO
AcEviEes
• Global
data:
FAOSTAT
Emissions
database
for
AFOLU,
1961-­‐present,
with
country
detail
• Knowledge
generaEon:
IPCC
AR5
and
IPCC
Guidelines,
GHG
Reports
• Capacity
Development:
Support
member
countries
idenEfy
and
report
GHG
data
for
AFOLU
–Manuals,
Infografix

4.
FAOSTAT
Emissions
Database:
A
reference
Tier
1
Exercise
+
IPCC 2006 Guidelines
=
& geo-reference data

5.
GHG
Emissions
Sta:s:cs:
Categories
DOMAIN CATEGORY GAS
reported Data source
LULUCF
Forest land CO2 FRA
Cropland CO2
Grassland CO2
Burning Biomass
CH4,
N2O,
CO2
Wetlands CO2
Settlements CO2
Other land CO2
DOMAIN CATEGORY GAS
reported Data source
Agriculture
Enteric Fermentation CH4 FAOSTAT
Manure Management CH4,
N2O FAOSTAT
Rice Cultivation CH4 FAOSTAT
Agricultural soils
Synthetic Fertilizers N2O FAOSTAT
Manure applied to
soils N2O FAOSTAT
Manure left on pasture N2O FAOSTAT
Crop residues N2O FAOSTAT
Cultivated organic
soils N2O
Burning - Savanna CH4,
N2O
Burning – Crop
residues
CH4,
N2O FAOSTAT

6.
Compiling
new
sta:s:cs
using
global
maps
Data
on:
– Burned
areas
for
all
land
cover
categories
– Organic
soils

7.
Burning
Biomass
Ac:vity
Data
Total Savanna
biomass burned in
2012 (Tonnes)
(Tier1 IPCC default
methodology)
Total Savanna burned
area in 2012
Ac#vity
data
from
geo-­‐
referenced
data
• Organic
soils
map
(HWSD)
• Land
Cover
map
(GLC
2000)
• Burned
area
from
satellite
data
(MODIS,
GFED4)
• ClimaEc
map
(JRC)
• Forests
map
(FAO-­‐FRA)
IPCC 2006
• Emissions
from
cul#vated
organic
soils
• Emissions
from
Biomass
Burning
These
new
data
are
available
through
FAOSTAT
as
NaEonal
aggregates,
and
soon
for
download
as
geo-­‐referenced
data

8.
Drained
Organic
Soils
•
Organic
Soils
(Histosols):
-­‐
Harmonized
World
Soil
Database
(FAO,
IIASA,
ISRIC,
CAS,
JRC
-­‐
2012)
•
CulEvated
(cropped)
areas:
-­‐
GLC
2000
(currently
exploring
MODIS
2001-­‐2010)
•
ClimaEc
zones:
-­‐
JRC
map,
2010,
according
to
IPCC
prescripEons

9.
UElizaEon
of
geo-­‐referenced
data
2:
Peatlands

10.
World
distribuEon
of
culEvated
histosols

11.
GHG
Emissions
Sta:s:cs:
Categories
DOMAIN CATEGORY GAS
reported Data source
Enteric Fermentation CH4 FAOSTAT
Manure Management CH4,
N2O FAOSTAT
Rice Cultivation CH4 FAOSTAT
Agricultural soils
Synthetic Fertilizers N2O FAOSTAT
Manure applied to
soils N2O FAOSTAT
Manure left on pasture N2O FAOSTAT
Crop residues N2O FAOSTAT
Cultivated organic
soils N2O HWSD,
GLC2000
Burning - Savanna CH4,
N2O
GFED4,
JRC, FRA-GEZ
DOMAIN CATEGORY GAS
reported Data source
LULUCF
Forest land CO2 FRA
Cropland CO2
HWSD,
GLC2000
Grassland CO2
HWSD,
GLC2000
Burning Biomass
CH4,
N2O,
CO2
GFED4,
HWSD
Wetlands CO2
Settlements CO2
Other land CO2
Agriculture
Agricultural soils
Cultivated organic
soils N2O
Burning - Savanna CH4,
N2O
Burning – Crop
residues
CH4,
N2O FAOSTAT
http://faostat3.fao.org/faostat-gateway/go/to/browse/G1/*/E

12.
Addressing
different
data
analysis
needs:
1. NaEonal,
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
naEonally
aggregated
staEsEcs
for
the
land
use
sector

13.
New
Data
Analysis
Tools
in
FAOSTAT
Emissions
Database

14.
2.
QA/QC
Analyses
Manure Left on Pasture
Average 1990-2010 Annex I
Rice
Average 1990-2010 non-Annex I

15.
Capacity
Development-­‐Knowledge
• Knowledge
GeneraEon;
GHG
Data
Analyses,
Manuals
in
support
of
GHG
Inventory
and
submission
processes
Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use
Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks

16.
Capacity
Development-­‐Regional
Sta:s:cs
• Incep:on
Workshop
on
Greenhouse
Gas
Emissions
Sta:s:cs
Da
Lat,
Viet
Nam,
5
-­‐
6
October
2012
33
parEcipants;
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
Sta:s:cs
for
Greenhouse
Gases
Emissions
Port
of
Spain,
Trinidad
and
Tobago,
3
-­‐
4
June
2013
29
parEcipants;
18
countries
(ArgenEna,
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
Sta:s:cs
for
Greenhouse
Gas
Emissions
Casablanca,
Morocco,
2
-­‐
3
December
2013
37
parEcipants;
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).

17.
Capacity
Development-­‐BURs/NAMAs
• BUR
‘’Pilots’’
QA
Mexico,
Uruguay,
Costa
Rica
• UN
REDD
Targeted
Support
Ecuador,
Colombia,
DRC,
Congo
• Special
ac:vity
on
Peatlands
Indonesia
-­‐ Data
Gaps;
QA/QC
-­‐ NaEonal
StaEsEcal
Processes
-­‐ Interagency
CoordinaEon
-­‐ UNREDD,
UNDP,
UNFCCC,
IPCC

18.
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
acEvity
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

19.
Thank
you
for
Your
AXen:on!
Contact:
francesco.tubiello@fao.org;
maghg@fao.org
Website
MAGHG:
www.fao.org/climatechange/micca/ghg
WebsiteFAOSTAT:
hlp://faostat.fao.org
With
Funding
From: