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Global cost estimates of reducing carbon emissions through avoided deforestation

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Title Global cost estimates of reducing carbon emissions through avoided deforestation
 
Creator Kindermann, Georg
Obersteiner, Michael
Sohngen, B.
Sathaye, J
Andrasko, K.
Rametsteiner, E
Schlamadinger, B.
Wunder, Sven
Beach, Robert H.
 
Subject climate change
carbon sequestration
deforestation
redd-plus
tropical forests
payment schemes
 
Description Tropical deforestation is estimated to cause about one-quarter of anthropogenic carbon emissions, loss of biodiversity, and other environmental services. United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change talks are now considering mechanisms for avoiding deforestation (AD), but the economic potential of AD has yet to be addressed. We use three economic models of global land use and management to analyze the potential contribution of AD activities to reduced greenhouse gas emissions. AD activities are found to be a competitive, low-cost abatement option. A program providing a 10% reduction in deforestation from 2005 to 2030 could provide 0.3– 0.6 Gt (1 Gt = 1 X 10'5 g) CO2'yr-1 in emission reductions and would require $0.4 billion to $1.7 billion.yr-1 for 30 years. A 50% reduction in deforestation from 2005 to 2030 could provide 1.5–2.7 Gt CO2'yr-1 in emission reductions and would require $17.2 billion to $28.0 billion.yr-1. Finally, some caveats to the analysis that could increase costs of AD programs are described.
 
Date 2008-07-29
2012-06-04T09:12:53Z
2012-06-04T09:12:53Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Kindermann, G., Obersteiner, M, Sohngen, B., Sathaye, J, Andrasko, K., Rametsteiner, E, Schlamadinger, B, Wunder, S., Beach, R. 2008. Global cost estimates of reducing carbon emissions through avoided deforestation . Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 105 (30) :10302-10307 DOI:/10.1073/pnas.0710616105. ISSN: 0027-8424.
0027-8424
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19953
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/2554
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0710616105
 
Language en
 
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Open Access
 
Publisher Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
 
Source Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America