Developing consumption-based emissions indicators from Agriculture, Forestry and Land-use
(AFOLU) activities
Understanding consumption-based emissions from Agriculture, Forestry and Land-use
(AFOLU) activities is important in developing climate policy for the sector. This
paper proposes a new methodology to construct indicators – CBAFOLU indicators ‒ to
provide estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions arising from AFOLU activities
(including fisheries) in the global supply chain of finished products. The CBAFOLU
indicators identify the countries where emissions are generated and the countries
where the goods that “embody” these emissions are eventually consumed. CBAFOLU indicators
are provided for bilateral flows of emissions for 65 countries over 2005-15. The indicators
also break down emissions by types of GHG: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous
oxide (N2O) and CO2 emissions from land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF).
Given their preliminary nature, the CBAFOLU indicators should be seen as a first building
block in a series of steps to explore the allocation of AFOLU activities across countries
through the lens of sustainability; priorities for further work to refine the indicators
are also proposed.
Published on October 27, 2021
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