Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Deforestation
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Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Deforestation
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Author : Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Environmental Audit Committee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Deforestation written by Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Environmental Audit Committee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Deforestation categories.
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Deforestation
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Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee
language : en
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Release Date : 2009-06-29
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Deforestation written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee and has been published by The Stationery Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-29 with Science categories.
An area of tropical forest the size of England continues to be lost each year. This gives rise to around 17 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, greater than global emissions from transport. Addressing deforestation is as essential as decarbonising electricity or transport if the world is to avoid dangerous climate change. A failure to act on deforestation could double the cost of avoiding dangerous climate change to 2030. Deforestation is caused by a range of factors, many of which are exacerbated by a growing global population and increasing consumption. Halting deforestation requires: (a) support for rainforest nations to help them manage their development so that it does not allow continued deforestation; (b) management of the demand for commodities whose production encourages deforestation; and (c) the introduction of a mechanism to pay developing countries for maintaining, and in due course recreating, their forests. The UK needs to act in all three areas if its policies on deforestation are to be successful. Ignoring any one undermines the effectiveness and durability of action in the other areas. As part of this work the Government must: remove subsidies that contribute to deforestation, such as biofuels policy; develop sustainability standards for agricultural commodities; implement and enforce government timber procurement; and, seek an EU-wide ban on illegal timber imports combined with robust sanctions. Illegal timber imports are still a fact of life within the UK timber trade. The economic, environmental and development case for immediate action on deforestation is clear. But success is possible only if the international community works together effectively.
Deforestation And Climate Change
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Author : Valentina Bosetti
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
Release Date : 2010
Deforestation And Climate Change written by Valentina Bosetti and has been published by Edward Elgar Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Business & Economics categories.
'Deforestation and Climate Change provides a comprehensive overview of the state of play in international regimes, programs and proposals for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. . . the book brings together a collection of papers canvassing some very important topics, cleverly crafted by the editors to flow rationally from general observations to quite technical evaluation of methods and approaches. It caters for a range of audiences who may have a little knowledge of climate change policy development.' - Matt McIntyre, Australian Journal of Environmental Management
Deforestation And Greenhouse Gases
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Author : Natalie Tawil
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2012-01-09
Deforestation And Greenhouse Gases written by Natalie Tawil and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-09 with Climatic changes categories.
Human activities produce large amounts of greenhouse gases (GHGs), primarily carbon dioxide (CO2), and thus contribute to global warming. The use of fossil fuels is the primary source of CO2 emissions, but the removal of trees from forested land has also contributed. Mature forests, having absorbed CO2 from the atmosphere while growing, store carbon in wood, leaves, and soil. That carbon is released when people clear forested land and destroy the wood. From 2000 to 2005, the loss of forests, primarily in tropical developing countries, accounted for approximately 12 percent of global GHG emissions. Slowing or halting deforestation in developing countries is a potentially low-cost way to help reduce global GHG emissions. For that potential to be realized, however, substantial challenges would need to be addressed-by providing technical and financial assistance to governments, by creating demand from private markets, or both.
Tropical Deforestation And Climate Change
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Author : Paulo Moutinho
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Tropical Deforestation And Climate Change written by Paulo Moutinho and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Climatic changes categories.
Tropical deforestation, fires and emissions: measurement and monitoring; How to reduce deforestation emissions for carbon credit: compensated reduction; Policy and legal frameworks for reducing deforestation emissions.
Avoided Deforestation
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Author : Charles Palmer
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-04
Avoided Deforestation written by Charles Palmer and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04 with Business & Economics categories.
Avoided deforestation can be characterized as the use of financial incentives to reduce rates of deforestation and forest degradation, with much of the focus on forests in tropical countries. While avoided deforestation, as a policy issue, is not new, the current debate in academic and policy circles on including it in future climate change mitigation strategies such as the Clean Development Mechanism is gathering pace – and this debate is only likely to intensify as negotiations continue over what should be included in the successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol, which is set to expire in 2012. Up until now, however, the debate in terms of the scientific and economic implications of avoided deforestation has not been brought together. This book aims to bring together important research findings in the area along with their policy implications, whilst linking avoided deforestation to political economy as well as to the latest developments in environmental and natural resource economics.
Economics Of Climate Change The Contribution Of Forestry Projects
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Author : Wolfram Kägi
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Economics Of Climate Change The Contribution Of Forestry Projects written by Wolfram Kägi and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Climate change is one of the major global environmental problems, one that has the potential to confront us with great costs during the decades to come. Climate change is caused by emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as carbon dioxide (CO). As z deforestation leads to CO emissions and growing forests sequester CO, forestry z z projects provide us with options to mitigate CO effects. This study analyses the z contribution Jorestry projects can make within the context of climate change. The contribution of forestry projects is here discussed on two levels. On a first level, the COz effect of individual projects is analysed. On a second level, the study asks whether the analysis of forestry projects can contribute to questions on climate change which have been discussed in the economic literature during the past two decades. While most studies on forestry projects focus on particular details, predominantly on technical issues, this study takes a rather broad perspective, drawing together different relevant aspects: the stability of international agreements is discussed, costs and benefIts of reducing GHG emissions in industrial countries are reviewed, the underlying causes of deforestation are analysed and insights from resource economics are taken into consideration. Such a wide perspectiveallows the identifIcation, discussion and appreciation of problems and opportunities associated with forestry projects in the context of climate change which are otherwise not recognised.
Climate Change Forests And Redd
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Author : Joyeeta Gupta
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-02-11
Climate Change Forests And Redd written by Joyeeta Gupta and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-11 with Law categories.
A search for new methods for dealing with climate change led to the identification of forest maintenance as a potential policy option that could cost-effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with the development of measures for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). This book explores how an analysis of past forest governance patterns from the global through to the local level, can help us to build institutions which more effectively deal with forests within the climate change regime. The book assesses the options for reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries under the international climate regime, as well as the incentives flowing from them at the national and sub national level and examines how these policy levers change human behaviour and interface with the drivers and pressures of land use change in tropical forests. The book considers the trade-offs between certain forestry related policies within the current climate regime and the larger goal of sustainable forestry. Based on an assessment of existing multi-level institutional forestry arrangements, the book questions how policy frameworks can be better designed in order to effectively and equitably govern the challenges of deforestation and land degradation under the global climate change regime. This book will be of particular interest to students and scholars of Law and Environmental Studies.
Deforestation And Climate Change
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Author : Dianna M. Agronne
language : en
Publisher: Nova Novinka
Release Date : 2010
Deforestation And Climate Change written by Dianna M. Agronne and has been published by Nova Novinka this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Climatic changes categories.
Efforts to mitigate climate change have focused on reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into the atmosphere. Some of these efforts centre on reducing CO2 emissions from deforestation, since deforestation releases about 17% of all annual anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and is seen as a relatively low-cost target for emissions reduction. Policies aimed at reducing deforestation are central points of a strategy to decrease carbon emissions, reflected in pending legislation in Congress as well as in international discussions, such as the December 2009 negotiations in Copenhagen. This book discusses the linkages between forests and climate, describing the characteristics of the major forest biomes, with an overview of deforestation causes and impacts and approaches to reducing deforestation.
Evaluating Carbon Offsets From Forestry And Energy Projects
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Author : Kenneth M. Chomitz
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2000
Evaluating Carbon Offsets From Forestry And Energy Projects written by Kenneth M. Chomitz and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Carbon categories.
Under the clean development mechanism, developing countries will be able to produce certified emissions reductions (CERs, sometimes called "offsets") through projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions below business-as-usual levels. The challenges of setting up offset markets are considerable. Do forestry projects, as a class, have more difficulty than energy projects reducing greenhouse gas emissions in ways that are real, measurable, additional, and consistent with sustainable development?