scholarly journals Potential Carbon Sequestration in Japanese Forests during the First Commitment Period of the Kyoto Protocol

FORMATH ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (0) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nophea Sasaki ◽  
Banjamin Smith
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Kyoto Protocol ◽  
Commitment Period ◽  
First Commitment Period ◽  
Potential Carbon

scholarly journals Compliance of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol in the first commitment period

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 768-782 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Shishlov ◽  
Romain Morel ◽  
Valentin Bellassen
Keyword(s):  
Kyoto Protocol ◽  
Commitment Period ◽  
First Commitment Period

An overview of the international context for greenhouse gas reductions

2008 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 251
Author(s):  
Helen Plume ◽  
Roger Lincoln ◽  
Hayden Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Kyoto Protocol ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Gas Emission ◽  
International Context ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Commitment Period ◽  
First Commitment Period

The international context for addressing greenhouse gases, including those from agriculture, is presented. The Kyoto Protocol rules are set for the first commitment period from 2008 to 2012. During this period, industrialised country parties (countries that have both signed and ratified the agreement) are to collectively reduce total greenhouse gas emissions by 5% below 1990 emission levels. Arrangements for a post-2012 agreement are currently being discussed. Science plays a vital role in identifying options for greenhouse gas emission reductions in the agriculture sector.

Diffusion of the Clean Development Mechanism

2010 ◽  
pp. 193-206
Author(s):  
Shaikh M. Rahman ◽  
Ariel Dinar ◽  
Donald F. Larson
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Kyoto Protocol ◽  
Growth Pattern ◽  
Clean Development Mechanism ◽  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Commitment Period ◽  
First Commitment Period ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Abatement ◽  
Development Objectives ◽  
Development Mechanism

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol is an innovation that combines greenhouse gas abatement targets with sustainable development objectives. This chapter provides an estimate of the overall growth pattern of the CDM and makes projections about CDM activity during and beyond the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol commitments under current rules. The results imply that if the emission reduction targets remain unchanged beyond the first commitment period, further expansion of the CDM pipeline is unlikely.

Diffusion of the Clean Development Mechanism

2011 ◽  
pp. 1572-1586
Author(s):  
Shaikh M. Rahman ◽  
Ariel Dinar ◽  
Donald F. Larson
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Kyoto Protocol ◽  
Growth Pattern ◽  
Clean Development Mechanism ◽  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Commitment Period ◽  
First Commitment Period ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Abatement ◽  
Development Objectives ◽  
Development Mechanism

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol is an innovation that combines greenhouse gas abatement targets with sustainable development objectives. This chapter provides an estimate of the overall growth pattern of the CDM and makes projections about CDM activity during and beyond the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol commitments under current rules. The results imply that if the emission reduction targets remain unchanged beyond the first commitment period, further expansion of the CDM pipeline is unlikely.

scholarly journals Viability of carbon offset-generating afforestation projects in boreal Ontario

2006 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Biggs ◽  
Susanna Laaksonen-Craig
Keyword(s):  
Kyoto Protocol ◽  
Carbon Budget ◽  
Carbon Price ◽  
Carbon Offsets ◽  
Investment Horizon ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Commitment Period ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
First Commitment Period

Carbon offsets generated under the Kyoto Protocol (KP) should be included in the management options considered by resource managers. This paper investigates investments in afforestation for the generation of KP-compliant carbon offsets in the Timmins Management Unit, concentrating on the availability of quality carbon budget models, domestic carbon market concerns and the presence of an enabling environment. A modelling exercise is undertaken using GORCAMWC1, with ownership, leading species, investment horizon, site productivity and carbon price as variables. Under current institutional frameworks, afforestation projects with the purpose of generating carbon offsets in the TMU are not viable investments for the first commitment period, though such projects will be profitable under certain conditions if constraints are removed and investment is long term. Key words: afforestation, Kyoto Protocol, boreal Ontario, carbon sequestration

Creating Space for Consensus: High-Level Globe-trotting into the Bali Climate Change Conference

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela S. Chasek
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Kyoto Protocol ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Fundamental Problem ◽  
Commitment Period ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Global Regime ◽  
First Commitment Period ◽  
High Level ◽  
Global Initiatives

AbstractThe international community has been trying to find a comprehensive and effective solution to the problem of anthropogenic climate change for well over two decades. The fundamental problem posed by climate change is that any solution, if it is to be effective, requires collectively agreed upon global initiatives. If enough countries do not take sufficient action, any collective endeavors to mitigate the problem will be less effective or may even fail. As a result, mitigating climate change requires a high level of international cooperation. In the climate change arena, negotiators spent much of 2007 searching for common ground and securing universal participation in a new global regime to take effect when the first commitment period under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Kyoto Protocol expires at the end of 2012. This article examines one of the strategies used to address this challenge in the lead up to the December 2007 Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia: a variation of track-two diplomacy, where climate change was addressed at numerous workshops and high-level meetings to enable parties to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to create space for building trust and exploring innovative solutions in determining whether or not to embark on negotiations on a post-2012 regime.

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