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2 nd December - FAO HQ (Rome) GLEAM –i Webinar – 31 May 2016 GLEAM-i An interactive tool to assess GHG emissions and mitigation potential in the livestock sector 2 nd December - FAO HQ (Rome) Anne Mottet Livestock Policy Officer Rubén Martínez Livestock analyst GLEAM –i Webinar – 31 May 2016 http://www.fao.org/gleam
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2nd December - FAO HQ (Rome)

GLEAM –i Webinar – 31 May 2016

GLEAM-i An interactive tool to assess GHG emissions

and mitigation potential in the livestock sector

2nd December - FAO HQ (Rome) Anne Mottet

Livestock Policy Officer

Rubén Martínez Livestock analyst

GLEAM –i Webinar – 31 May 2016

http://www.fao.org/gleam

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AGA provides support to countries for developing sustainable livestock policies

Produce disaggregated assessments

Carry out economic analyses

Engage in multi-stakeholder initiatives on methods and practice change

Pierre Gerber, Henning Steinfeld, Benjamin Henderson, Carolyn Opio, Anne Mottet, Tim Robinson,

Alessandra Falcucci, Giuseppe Tempio, Rubén Martinez, Michael MacLeod (SRUC), Theun Vellinga

(WUR)…

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Countries report about GHG emissions

3

Manure management 0.34 Gt

Enteric fermentation 1.95 Gt

IPCC, 2014

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GLEAM - Global Livestock Environment Assessment Model

A GIS tool initially developed to improve the understanding of GHG emissions in livestock supply chains, extended to natural resource use efficiency: feed, land use, nitrogen…

• Life Cycle Assessment modelling, all steps of production, all major sources of emissions

• Computes livestock production and IPCC Tier 2 emissions at local level (cells on a map)

• Can generate averages and ranges at different scales

• Allows for scenario analysis and assessment of mitigation options

• Developed at FAO, in collaboration with other partners

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• IPCC (2006) Tier 2 requires the animal population to be categorized into distinct cohorts (types, weights, phase of production…)

But data on animal herd structure generally not available

GLEAM herd module : 6 cohorts

Key production parameters:

mortality, fertility, growth and replacement

rates, age or weight at which animals transfer

between categories (e.g. age at first

parturition); duration of key periods (e.g.

gestation), and the ratio of breeding females

to males.

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• Calculation of animal energy requirement for each cohort (system module)

IPCC (2006) Tier 2 (Equations 10.3 to 10.13)

Gross energy requirement = maintenance + lactation and pregnancy + animal activity + weight gain and production.

IPCC (2006) does not include equations for calculating the energy requirement of pigs or poultry

Equations derived from NRC (1998) for pigs, Sakomura (2004) for chickens

• Calculation of feed intake, total feed emissions and land use

Feed intake of each animal category (in kg DM/day) animal’s energy requirement / average energy content of the ration (feed module)

GLEAM feed module

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• Calculation of CH4 emissions arising enteric fermentation (Tier 2)

IPCC (2006) provides default enteric methane conversion factor, Ym (% of gross energy converted to methane)

GLEAM has specific Ym to reflect the wide-ranging diet quality and feeding characteristics globally:

𝑌𝑚 𝐶𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 = 9.75 − 0.05 ∙ 𝐷𝐸

𝑌𝑚 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑝 = 9.75 − 0.05 ∙ 𝐷𝐸 𝑌𝑚 𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑏<1 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 = 7.75 − 0.05 ∙ 𝐷𝐸

where DE = feed digestibility of the ration

CH4 emission factor:

𝐸𝐹𝐶𝐻4 = 365 ∙ 𝐺𝐸 ∙ 𝑌𝑚 100 55.65

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• CH4 emissions arising during manure management (Tier 2)

Volatile solids excretion rates: Equation 10.24 IPCC (2006)

Proportion of the volatile solids converted to CH4 during manure management: Equation 10.23 IPCC (2006)

CH4 conversion factor: IPCC (2006, Table 10A-7)

Proportion of manure managed in each system: official statistics (such as the Annex 1 countries’ National Inventory Reports to the UNFCC), other literature sources and expert judgement. IPCC systems challenging.

• N2O emissions arising during manure management (Tier 2)

N excretion : Equation 10.31 IPCC (2006) as the difference between intake and retention. N-intake depends on the feed dry matter intake and the N content per kg of feed.

Rate of conversion of excreted N to N2O: IPCC (2006) default emission factors for direct N2O (Table 10.21, IPCC 2006) and indirect via volatilization (Table 10.22, IPCC 2006) + variable leaching rates, depending on the AEZ

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FAO, 2013

EGG

EGGS

Diversity in livestock production systems is a challenge for GHG emissions reporting

and an opportunity for mitigation

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The sector could cut down its emissions by 30%

with already available technologies and practices

while maintaining or improving production

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Source: GLEAM

Feed digestibility for dairy cattle

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Methane conversion factor for dairy cattle

Source: GLEAM

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• Calculate emissions from livestock supply chains at national, regional, global levels and by species and type of production systems

• Ex-ante assessment of technical interventions in the livestock sector (e.g. vaccination campaigns, feed quality improvements etc.)

• Support the design of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (e.g. productivity gains in dairy production in Kenya)

• Support the formulation of investment proposals for CSA (e.g. Ecuador, Niger, Zambia, Malawi, with GCF formulation)

• Cost-benefit assessment of mitigation options: Mitigation Abatements Cost Curves (spatially explicit)

GLEAM - Applications

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GLEAM-i (interactive) • Publicly available, user-friendly tool for

calculating emissions using IPCC Tier 2 methods in a single Excel file

• Designed to support governments, project planners and civil society organizations

• Can be used in the preparation of national inventories and in ex-ante evaluation of projects with interventions in livestock

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Demo

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