While it doesn't fully solve the issue of
unaccounted emissions in LULUCF, this compromise proposal is a step in the right direction.
In LULUCF, hidden and
unaccounted emissions could significantly undermine Annex I targets, and cause us to doubt your commitment.
Including
the unaccounted emissions suggests a rise of 225Mt, CO2 equivalent.
This current research has definitively stated the likely importance of blue carbon conversions and
the unaccounted emissions that have very much higher estimates.
Not exact matches
If a reference level proposed by Switzerland based on reported
emissions occurring in the period 2001 - 2005 were used, however, the percentage of
unaccounted for
emissions almost doubles to around four percent.
As long as 1/3 of all
emissions go
unaccounted (see the infamous «carbon missing sink»), there is no basis to state as precise numbers as 5 % which seems to be plucked out of the air.
According to a new study of 28,000 measurements collected between 2000 and 2006 and analyzed by NOAA's CarbonTracker system, only about a third of the carbon dioxide is absorbed by carbon sinks such as the soil and forests; a large portion of it ends up in the atmosphere - but that still leaves a significant amount
unaccounted for.Interestingly, the CarbonTracker found carbon
emissions to be highest in the Midwest; that single region released more carbon dioxide than any other country - except Russia, China, India and, of course, the U.S. Carbon dioxide was found to be most readily absorbed east of the Rocky Mountains and in northern Canada.