COP 22 Side Event: Improving MRV for agricultural emission reductions in the livestock sector: A perspective from Brazil

ImprovingMRVforagricultural emissionreductionsinthelivestocksector:

AperspectivefromBrazil

Alexandre Berndt November 07, 2016

1. Activity data;

2. Emission factors;

3. Coordinated efforts;

Content:

Activity data: Brazilian statisticsIBGE – National Census.

Emission factors: IPCC Tier 2 + Local EF.

MCTI- NationalInventories:

(MCTI, 2014)

(MCTI, 2013)

(MCTI, 2016)

(MCT, 2010)

(MCT, 2006)

http://www.observatoriodoclima.eco.br/

Brazilian emissions

http://sirene.mcti.gov.br/publicacoes

(MCTI,2016)

Brazilian emissions

(MCTI, 2016)

Agriculture emissions

http://sirene.mcti.gov.br/publicacoes

Coordinated efforts:

u National Policy on Climate Change;u Brazilian Forum on Climate Change

(FBMC);

u Brazilian Research Network on Global Climate Change (RedeCLIMA);

u Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI)

u Global Environment Facility (GEF);

u United Nations Development Programme (UNDP);

Coordinated efforts:

u SectoralPlanfortheMitigationandAdaptationtoClimateChangeforaLowCarbonEmissionAgriculture(ABCPlan);u Speciallineofcredit;

u Financialsupportformitigationactions;

u ABCPLATFORM;u ConvergedataonGHGemissionsfromAgriculture;

u EstimatetheoverallimpactoftheABCPLAN.

MotivationtomeasureGHG:

• INDC*presentedatCOP21inParis- BraziliantargetforGHGreduction

Ifnoothermitigationstrategyisadopted,thereisatendencytoincreaseemissionsafter2020,duetotheeconomicgrowthbasedonfossilfuelsandagriculture(fooddemand)

*IntendedNationallyDeterminedContribution

Production vs. expansion decoupling

Intensification can reduce emission intensity(until a certain level)

Neutral Carbon Label:Integrated Systems: Agriculture + Livestock + Forest≈10 to 20 trees to compensate 1 bovine AU

Brazilian Agricultural Research CorporationMinistry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply

Thank you!alexandre.berndt@embrapa.br