Institutional Arrangements

Methods + Tools

Processes

Forest Policy + Governance

MRV Institutions

Processes [MGD Sections]

Institutions involved in measurement, reporting and verification
Measurement, reporting and verification processes
Operational requirements
Guiding principles – Institutional arrangements
UNFCCC decisions and requirements
IPCC good practice guidance
Design decisions relevant to national forest monitoring systems
Guiding principles – Requirements and design decisions
REDD+ requirements and procedures
Reporting forest reference emission levels and forest reference levels
Technical assessment of forest reference emission levels and forest reference levels
Reporting results of REDD+ activities
Technical analysis of the REDD+ annex to the BUR
Additional advice on REDD+ reporting and verification
Guiding Principles – Reporting and verification of emissions and removals

MRV Institutions [MGD Sections]

Institutional arrangements and REDD+ decisions
Institutions involved in measurement, reporting and verification
Measurement, reporting and verification processes
Operational requirements
Guiding principles – Institutional arrangements
UNFCCC decisions and requirements
Design decisions relevant to national forest monitoring systems
Guiding principles – Requirements and design decisions
REDD+ requirements and procedures
Reporting forest reference emission levels and forest reference levels
Technical assessment of forest reference emission levels and forest reference levels
Reporting results of REDD+ activities
Technical analysis of the REDD+ annex to the BUR
Additional advice on REDD+ reporting and verification
Guiding Principles – Reporting and verification of emissions and removals
Financial considerations

Methods + Tools [MGD Sections]

Institutional arrangements and REDD+ decisions
Institutions involved in measurement, reporting and verification
Measurement, reporting and verification processes
Operational requirements
Guiding principles – Institutional arrangements
Design decisions relevant to national forest monitoring systems
Guiding principles – Requirements and design decisions
Integration frameworks for estimating emission and removals
Remote sensing observations
Ground-based observations
Guiding principles – Remote sensing and ground-based observations
Activity data
Emissions/removals factors
Estimating total emissions/removals and its uncertainty
Guiding principles – Estimation and uncertainty
REDD+ requirements and procedures
Financial considerations

Forest Policy + Governance [MGD Sections]

2.2 IPCC good practice guidance

Since 1996, the IPCC has published the methodological guidance that countries have agreed to use in estimating GHGIs for reporting to the UNFCCC and the KP. Table 1 summarizes the methodological guidance introduced by IPCC since 1996, covering all sectors including those related to land use.

Table 1: Versions of IPCC guidance

IPCC Guidance Document	Description
1996 Revised IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (96GL)	First guidelines agreed for use under the UNFCCC
2000 Good Practice Guidance and Uncertainty Management in National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (GPG2000)	Provides good practice guidance in implementing the 1996 Revised Guidelines. Covers all sectors except land use, land-use change and forestry. Introduces the definition of good practice – retained by all subsequent guidance and guidelines.
2003 Good Practice Guidance for land use, land- use change and forestry (GPG2003)	Extends good practice guidance to include land use, land-use change and forestry.
2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (2006GL)	Consolidates and updates previous guidance. Uses the same methodological framework as GPG2003. Combines agriculture and land use into a single sector (Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Uses or AFOLU).
2013 Supplement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Wetlands	Fills gaps and extends the 2006GL and updates emission/removal factors including on wetlands and drained soils
2013 Revised Supplementary Methods and Good Practice Guidance Arising from the Kyoto Protocol	Provides guidance in support of the LULUCF accounting rules agreed for LULUCF for the second commitment period of the KP

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