Rossi, S. Welcome to the 2016 JRC LULUCF technical

Welcome to the
2016 JRC LULUCF
technical workshop
Stresa, 2-3 May 2016
Stresa (Lake Maggiore, Italy)
For centuries Stresa was a
popular retreat for Europe's
aristocrats, who have
endowed the town with a
number of villas, especially
after the Simplon Pass
allowed train services from
north of the Alps in 1906..
Stresa (Lake Maggiore, Italy)
Ernest Hemingway visited
Stresa and set part of his
1929 novel “Farewell to
Arms” in the Grand Hotel
des Iles Borromees
Stresa (Lake Maggiore, Italy)
The foundations of what
would become Europe's
Common Agricultural Policy
(CAP) were formulated in
Stresa in a political
conference in 1958.
2016 JRC LULUCF technical workshop
Agenda
Day 1 (Monday 2nd May)
Introduction and overview

Welcome

Overview of the EU 2016 submissions under UNFCCC and KP (Giacomo Grassi,
JRC)

Outcome of the QA/QC of 2016 GHG inventories (Raul Abad Viñas, JRC)

Next steps under decision 529/2013/EU (Christine Moeller, DG CLIMA)

Overview of information submitted under 529/2013/EU (Tibor Priwizter, JRC)
Use of the Carbon Budget Model to estimate forest carbon dynamics at country
level (Roberto Pilli, JRC)
Coffee break
Roundtable: Each Member State is expected to provide a quick overview of the main
problems encountered in reporting under UNFCCC/KP, under 529/2013/EU and open
issues for the Initial Report
13.15 – 15.30

Interactive discussion of case studies
15.30 – 16.00
16.00 - 18.00
Discussion
Social dinner (offered by the JRC) on the Isola dei Pescatori
19:00 - 22:00
2016 JRC LULUCF technical workshop
Agenda
Day 2 (Tuesday 3rd May)

FMRL and technical corrections (Giacomo Grassi, JRC)

Reporting on HWP and natural disturbances (Sandro Federici)

Using of IACS / LPIS for LULUCF reporting (Marco Bertaglia, JRC)

Constructing geographically explicit land use data (Roland Hiederer, JRC)
Coffee break
Presentations by MS countries and discussion (preliminary list, other presentations are
welcomed)

Estimation of emissions and removals from HWP pool in the case of Hungary (Eva Kiraly, HUN)

Estimation of N2O emissions (Tarja Tuomainen, FIN)

Large uncertainty in soil carbon modelling related to carbon input calculation method (Andreas
Schellenberger, SWI)

Modelling CSC in grasslands and croplands in Switzerland with a special focus on the
uncertainty related to carbon input calculation method (Nele Rogiers, SWI)

Improvements on Forest Lands Categories of Turkish NIR (Eray Ozdemir, TUR)
Lunch (payable by participants)
The JRC LULUCF tool (Simone Rossi, JRC)
Discussion on improvements, challenges and follow up
9:00 – 10.30
10.30 – 11.00
11.00 – 13.00
13.00 – 14.30
14.30 –
16.30
Let’s start with a survey!
1st question (green post-it)
Which is the
LULUCF issue in
which you feel
strongest?
2nd question (blue post-it)
Which is the
LULUCF issue
that “scares” you
most?
3rd question (yellow post-it)
Do you have any
doubts or questions
you would like to
clarify or discuss?
LULUCF
Question 1
Issues in which
you doing great
Question 2
Issues in which
you have
problems / feel
less confident
Question 3
Things to clarify
and discuss,
questions.