The role of forests in the EU climate policy: are we on the right track?

Table 1 Comparison of the EU-27 reporting in GHG inventories 2023 and 2020

Comparison of the GHGI 2020 reporting used as a basis for revised LULUCF regulation and the most recent GHGI 2023
All units are in Mt CO₂e.	GHGI 2020	GHGI 2023		Change
	Average reported emissions 2016–2018 (A)	Average reported emissions 2016–2018 (B)	Reported year 2021 (C)	Between reported emissions 2016–2018 and 2021 in GHGI 2023 (B vs. C)	Between GHGI 2020 and GHGI 2023 for reported emissions 2016–2018 (A vs. B)
LULUCF total	− 268	− 276	− 230	+ 46	− 8
Forest land + HWP	− 395	− 377	− 329	+ 48	+ 18
Other LULUCF	+ 126	+ 100	+ 98	− 2	− 26

In the reported change, the numbers refer to net emissions; change indicated with a positive number is therefore an increase in net emissions (or decrease of sink), while negative number denotes a decrease in net emissions (or increase of sink). The table reflects the geographic scope of the EU-27 (as in the LULUCF regulation), excluding non-EU territories of France and Denmark

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