landuse_adp_jun2014-d45a4ec9cd4fb382.pdf

This policy brief by the Center for International Environmental Law outlines key principles and recommendations for land-use sector mitigation within the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP). It argues that land-use mitigation must be additional to industrial reductions, prioritize food security and land rights, and avoid complex accounting frameworks that create loopholes for developed countries.

• Mitigation in the land-use sector must be treated as additional to industrial emission reductions and should not be used to offset or reduce the need for mitigation in other sectors. This is because carbon sequestration in soils and forests is temporary, whereas fossil fuel emissions are permanent.
• Developing countries, particularly Least Developed Countries (LDCs), must prioritize food security and sovereignty. This may necessitate a base level of permitted emissions or even an increase in agricultural emissions, both per capita and in aggregate, to protect smallholder livelihoods which support up to 80% of people in developing countries.
• The document warns against a 'common accounting framework' for land-use emissions, noting that complex rules under the Kyoto Protocol have allowed developed countries to hide emissions and increase them in other sectors. It recommends replacing business-as-usual (BAU) baselines with more direct indicators, such as hectares of forest maintained or land area under agro-ecological management, to increase transparency and reduce uncertainty.
• Agricultural mitigation should prioritize permanent emission reductions by addressing synthetic nitrogen fertilizer use and high per capita meat consumption in developed countries and industrial systems. Conversely, agro-ecological practices that increase soil carbon should be supported as adaptation measures rather than mitigation, as soil carbon sequestration is volatile and temporary.
• Effective land-use mitigation requires the legal enforcement of tenure, usage, and access rights for indigenous peoples, local communities, and smallholder farmers, including the right to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC).

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (n.d.). landuse_adp_jun2014-d45a4ec9cd4fb382.pdf. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/LandUse_ADP_Jun2014.pdf

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. landuse_adp_jun2014-d45a4ec9cd4fb382.pdf. n.d. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/LandUse_ADP_Jun2014.pdf.

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