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Table 5 Summary of HWP reporting in GHG inventories 1990–2016 for each Annex I country

From: Assessing the contribution of harvested wood products under greenhouse gas estimation: accounting under the Paris Agreement and the potential for double-counting among the choice of approaches

Countries

HWP approaches

HWP C stock change trend

HWP_CSC/(FL_CSC + HWP_CSC)

Net CO2 from HWP/national total GHG emissions (excl./incl. LULUCF)

Hypothesis CO2 credit of HWP (top 1/3—average)/national total net GHG emissionsa

Australia

SC

Continuous C gains

28.6%

− 1.3%/− 1.1%

− 0.2%

Austria

P

Continuous C gains

50.7%

− 3.1%/− 3.6%

− 1.7%

Belgium

P(KP)

Total C loss

− 11.9%

0.2%/0.2%

− 0.1%

Bulgaria

P(KP)

Total C loss

− 1.7%

0.3%/0.4%

− 0.6%

Belarus

NE

0%

0%

0%

Canada

S

Total C gain

0.1%

0.0%/0.0%

0.0%

Switzerland

P(KP)

Continuous C gains

− 36.0%

− 0.9%/−0.9%

− 0.5%

Cyprus

P

Total C loss

41.5%

0.2%/0.2%

− 0.2%

Czechia

SCAD(KP)

Total C gain

31.1%

− 0.7%/− 0.7%

− 0.6%

Germany

P

Total C gain

16.6%

− 0.5%/−0.5%

− 0.5%

Denmark

P

Total C gain

− 26.9%

0.0%/0.0%

− 0.2%

Spain

P

Continuous C gains

5.9%

−0.6%/− 0.6%

− 0.4%

Estonia

P(KP)

Total C gain

29.3%

− 3.1%/− 3.6%

− 2.0%

Finland

P

Total C gain

12.4%

− 5.1%/− 7.7%

− 4.7%

France

P

Continuous C gains

6.1%

− 0.8%/− 0.8%

− 0.3%

UK

P

Continuous C gains

12.2%

− 0.3%/− 0.3%

− 0.1%

Greece

P

Continuous C gains

10.5%

− 0.2%/− 0.2%

− 0.2%

Croatia

SCAD(KP)

Total C gain

3.1%

− 0.8%/1.0%

− 1.3%

Hungary

P

Total C loss

− 0.6%

0.0%/0.0%

− 0.2%

Ireland

P

Continuous C gains

26.3%

− 1.3%/1.2%

− 0.4%

Iceland

SCAD(KP)

Total C loss

− 0.1%

0.0%/0.0%

0.0%

Italia

P(KP)

Total C gain

1.4%

− 0.1%/0.1%

− 0.1%

Japan

P(KP)

Total C loss

− 0.7%

0.0%/0.1%

− 0.1%

Kazakhstan

IO

0%

0%

0%

Lichtenstein

P(KP)

Total C gain

13.4%

− 0.3%/− 0.3%

− 0.5%

Lithuania

P

Continuous C gains

13.5%

− 4.7%/− 6.6%

− 2.0%

Luxemburg

IO(KP)

0%

0%

0%

Latvia

P(KP)

Total C gain

33.8%

− 12.9%/− 49.3%

− 12.4%

Monaco

NO

Malta

NE

0%

0%

0%

Netherland

P(KP)

Total C loss

− 3.6%

0.0%/0.0%

0.0%

Norway

P

Total C gain

2.2%

− 0.6%/− 0.9%

− 1.5%

New Zealand

P

Continuous C gains

20.4%

− 6.9%/− 11.2%

− 3.6%

Poland

P(KP)

Continuous C gains

8.7%

− 0.6%/− 0.7%

− 0.3%

Portugal

P

Total C gain

7.9%

− 1.1%/− 1.1%

− 0.6%

Romania

P

Total C gain

9.3%

− 1.7%/− 2.1%

− 2.2%

Russia

P

Total C loss

− 0.3%

0.1%/0.1%

− 0.2%

Slovakia

SCAD (KP)

Total C gain

16.3%

− 1.6%/− 2.0%

− 1.8%

Slovenia

P

Total C gain

1.3%

− 0.4%/− 0.6%

− 0.7%

Sweden

P

Continuous C gains

21.8%

− 11.0%/− 30.6%

− 7.8%

Turkey

P

Continuous C gains

11.9%

− 1.1%/− 1.2%

− 1.1%

Ukraine

P

Total C loss

− 2.4%

0.3%/0.3%

− 0.3%

United States of America

P

Continuous C gains

23.6%

− 1.4%/− 1.6%

− 0.4%

Total

C gains

9.2%

− 0.9%/− 1.0%

− 0.4%

  1. IO instantaneous oxidation, SC stock-change, P production, SCAD stock change approach for HWP of domestic origin, S simple-decay, KP applying the LULUCF accounting rule for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, NE not estimated, NO not occurring
  2. aDifference between a hypothetical baseline based on the average of annual carbon stock changes for the period from 1990 to 2016 and the largest carbon gains within the top one-third for the same period