2013 Supplement to 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Wetlands

The TFI is developing additional national-level inventory methodological guidance, including default emission factor values, on wetlands to address the gaps identified in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines. Following an invitation from the UNFCCC to “to undertake further methodological work on wetlands, focusing on the rewetting and restoration of peatland, with a view to filling in the gaps in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories” (FCCC/SBSTA/2010/L.18, paragraph 4) an IPCC Scoping meeting was held, on 30 March – 1 April 2011 and its proposal was presented to the 33rd session of the IPCC held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 10 - 13 May 2011.

The IPCC agreed to undertake this work and agreed the following documents:

Terms of Reference
Chapter Outline

The TFI also produced additional guidance to authors.

The TFI Bureau selected a list of authors from nominations received from national governments, international organisations and Bureau itself.

The TFI intend to hold four author meetings and two science meetings where the steering group will consider general cross-cutting issues:

Meetings already held:

Future Meetings:

Please go to http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/home/wetlands_er_fod.html to take part in the review of the first order draft of this document open April 16 - June 11, 2012.

The second review for governments and experts is currently planned to be held between October and November 2012.