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Setting the Frame - Part 1: System Framework, Part 2: Project Specification: 1990 Baseline Estimation, Land Use Change and Forestry Sector

National Carbon Accounting System - Technical Report

No. 1, October 1999

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Abstract

The Prime Minister's statement of 20 November 1997 tasked the Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO) with establishing and implementing "a consolidated package (that) will provide the comprehensive framework and scientific services necessary to account for Australia's emissions reduction and sink enhancement programs (in land based sources and sinks) to an internationally credible standard". The aim of the National Carbon Accounting System (NCAS) is to provide a comprehensive account of Australia's land based emissions profile and sinks capacity, as a means of formulating an optimum greenhouse policy response.

A major policy requirement of the NCAS will be to support international reporting requirements under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), and particularly the Kyoto Protocol.