Expert Panel on Agriculture and Nature

Expert Panel Contacts

Nick Hutchings (co-chair with focus on GHG and ammonia emissions)

Department of Agroecology, University of Aarhus

PO Box 50, Research Centre Foulum

8830 Tjele

Denmark

Tel: +45 89991733

Email: nick.hutchings@agro.au.dk

Barbara Amon (co-chair with focus on GHG and ammonia emissions from animal husbandry)

Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering

Department of Technology Assessment and Substance Cycles

Max-Eyth-Allee 100

D-14469 Potsdam, Germany

Tel: +49 151 65117059

Email: bamon@atb-potsdam.de

Rainer Steinbrecher (co-chair with focus on nature)

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Institute of Meterology and Climate Research (IMK-IFU)

Kreuzeckbahnstr. 19

82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Germany

Tel: +49 8821183217

Email: rainer.steinbrecher@kit.edu

Expert Panel Documents

Workplan

The current workplan is:

Complete new methodologies for fertiliser NH3 emission
Discuss crop NH3 emissions, NMVOC emissions, soil NOx emissions with the modelling community
Complete guidance on reporting emissions from anaerobic digestion
Continue and intensify the collaboration with TFRN (EPMAN/EPNB)
Assess need for methodologies for marine NH3 emissions and indirect NO emissions
Liaise with IPCC revision of agricultural sector

Expert Panel Meetings

2022 Meeting held virtually, 11 May 2022

Introduction, agenda and etiquette (Nick)

Results of the ad hoc group on categorizing livestock (Nick) (members; Rikke Albrektsen, Roland Fuß, Dirk Wever, Andreas Pacholski, Mette Hjorth Mikkelsen)

Proposal for updating the method for ammonia emission from synthetic fertilizers (Andreas Pacholski)

Tier 3 ammonia emissions from field-applied slurry - the ALFAMI project (Sasha Hafner)

Ammonia emissions from crop residues (Nick)

Improving estimates of methane emission from manure management (M4Models) (Søren O Petersen)

Update on progress in EU projects and Task Force on Reactive Nitrogen (Barbara)

Update on the Excel ammonia and nitric oxide emission tool (Richard German)

Updates on the Agricultural Emission Estimation (AgrEE) Tool (Manjola Banja)

Discussion of software tools (Nick) (Results of online survey)

Workplan (Barbara)

Wrap up (Nick)

Online workshop, 16 Nov 2021

A workshop on ammonia abatement measures and how to reflect their effects in national emission inventories was organised by the EU TAIEX-EIR Peer 2 Peer and the Danish Ministry of Environment. The presentations made at this workshop are available HERE.

2021 Meeting held virtually, 4 May 2021

Agenda with presentations

The agenda for the May meeting was as follows:

Introduction, agenda and etiquette (Nick)
Gothenburg Protocol review - agriculture (Barbara)
Report on ammonia emissions (Barbara)
Reporting import/export of manure (suggested text for Guidebook) (Nick)
Experience with the N flow tool (Harald Menzi, FOEN)
The usefulness of background information and IIRs (Rasmus Einarsson, Chalmers)
EU training session 2020 and 2022 (Nick)
Insights on the Agricultural Emission Estimation (AgrEE) prototype tool (Manjola Banja, JRC)
Guidebook methodology developments (Nick)
Collaboration with TFRN, GRA, MELS (Barbara)
Non-agricultural livestock (Nick)
Workplan and wrap up (Nick)

2020 Meeting held virtually, 11-14 May 2020

Co-chair presentation (Nick and Barbara)
Improving national emission inventories for the agricultural sector in Europe (Monica Crippa et al, JRC)
EEA's Nitrogen Flow Tool (Rosie Brooke and Richard German - Aether)

2019 Meeting held in Thessaloniki, Greece 13-14 May 2019

Agenda with presentations

Introduction

Part 1 Guidebook Update

Emission factors for manure management (3B & 3D)
Linking manure management (3B), soil emissions (3D) and anaerobic digestion (5B2)
Excel spreadsheet to support manure management