Land-use change emission factors

Emissions from land-use and land-cover change. From 2 libraries, filed in one model so one publisher's factor compares with another's.

CategoryLand use and removals
Factors
20
Libraries
2
With their own page
2
Units with a page
m² · m² forest land
Largest library

11 factors, 55%

What the 2 factor pages say

One chart per unit, since a kilogram and a kWh do not compare. Colour is the boundary, what the factor counts; every row also names it.

Boundary not stated

Per m²

ADEME puts Direct Land Use Change (crop to sealed soils) at 19 kgCO₂e/m² (Boundary not stated, 2014), the only factor page in this unit.

Per m² forest land

MfE puts Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry - Land-Use Change - Planted Forests - Approach One: Stock Change Accounting - All Planted forests: Harvest or Deforestation at 98.2 kgCO₂e/m² forest land (Boundary not stated, 2024), the only factor page in this unit.

Source: the published factor pages, catalogue version 591.

Who publishes these factors

2 libraries publish them. Each name opens the library's page.

MfE (11) and ADEME (9) publish all of them.

Source: open-climate.ai catalogue, version 591, coverage summed over libraries.

Every factor page

Sorted by library. Each factor is also on its library's page.

ActivityLibraryRegionBoundaryValueYear
Direct Land Use Change (crop to sealed soils)ADEMEFranceBoundary not stated19 kgCO₂e/m²2014
Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry - Land-Use Change - Planted Forests - Approach One: Stock Change Accounting - All Planted forests: Harvest or DeforestationMfENew ZealandBoundary not stated98.2 kgCO₂e/m² forest land2024

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