Analysis of the Average Abatement Cost of Forest Carbon Offset Projects for the Government Purchase of Forest Carbon Credits

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young-hwan Kim
Keyword(s):  
Abatement Cost ◽  
Forest Carbon ◽  
Carbon Credits ◽  
Government Purchase ◽  
Carbon Offset ◽  
The Government ◽  
Carbon Offset Projects

scholarly journals Stakeholders of Voluntary Forest Carbon Offset Projects in China: An Empirical Analysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Derong Lin ◽  
Yingzhi Lin
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Forest Carbon ◽  
Forest Carbon Storage ◽  
Game Situation ◽  
Carbon Offset ◽  
Stakeholder Model ◽  
The Government ◽  
Low Efficiency ◽  
Carbon Offset Projects

Climate change is one of the defining challenges facing the planet. Voluntary forest carbon offset project which has the potential to boost forest carbon storage and mitigate global warming has aroused the global concern. The objective of this paper is to model the game situation and analyze the game behaviors of stakeholders of voluntary forest carbon offset projects in China. A stakeholder model and a Power-Benefit Matrix are constructed to analyze the roles, behaviors, and conflicts of stakeholders including farmers, planting entities, communities, government, and China Green Carbon Foundation. The empirical analysis results show that although the stakeholders have diverse interests and different goals, a win-win solution is still possible through their joint participation and compromise in the voluntary forest carbon offset project. A wide governance structure laying emphasis on benefit balance, equality, and information exchanges and being regulated by all stakeholders has been constructed. It facilitates the agreement among the stakeholders with conflicting or different interests. The joint participation of stakeholders in voluntary forest carbon offset projects might change the government-dominated afforestation/reforestation into a market, where all participators including government are encouraged to cooperate with each other to improve the condition of fund shortage and low efficiency.

Risks to forest carbon offset projects in a changing climate

2009 ◽  
Vol 257 (11) ◽  
pp. 2209-2216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher S. Galik ◽  
Robert B. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Forest Carbon ◽  
Changing Climate ◽  
Carbon Offset ◽  
Carbon Offset Projects

Opportunities, challenges and markets for forest carbon offset projects

2009 ◽  
Vol 85 (5) ◽  
pp. 715-718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catalin Ristea ◽  
Thomas C Maness
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sources ◽  
Carbon Market ◽  
Forest Carbon ◽  
Carbon Offsets ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Carbon Offset ◽  
Mitigate Climate Change ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Trading Program ◽  
Carbon Offset Projects

Forest-based activities can mitigate climate change by reducing carbon sources and enhancing carbon sinks. Under various emissions-reductions programs, credits (called carbon offsets) can be issued to forestry projects that can credibly demonstrate additional and lasting reductions in CO2 emissions. The greatest potential for forest carbon offset projects currently exists in voluntary emissions reduction programs and markets, which, however, have a negligible value in the global carbon market. Unless their relevance can be proven, forestry-based carbon offset projects will play a minor role in compliance markets. This is mainly due to concerns about the additionality, permanence, and leakage of carbon offsets generated by forestry projects. Key words: forest carbon offset project, emissions trading program, cap and trade, carbon market

Assessing audit impact and thoroughness of VCS forest carbon offset projects

2017 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 121-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan C. Foster ◽  
Deane Wang ◽  
Graeme Auld ◽  
Rosa Maria Roman Cuesta
Keyword(s):  
Forest Carbon ◽  
Carbon Offset ◽  
Carbon Offset Projects

Analysis of the production and transaction costs of forest carbon offset projects in the USA

2012 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 128-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher S. Galik ◽  
David M. Cooley ◽  
Justin S. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Transaction Costs ◽  
Forest Carbon ◽  
Carbon Offset ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Carbon Offset Projects
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