Search Results - subject:"carbon debt"

Emissions trading with clean-up certificates : deterring mitigation or increasing ambition?

Lessmann, Kai; Gruner, Friedemann; Kalkuhl, Matthias; … - 2024

We analyze how conventional emissions trading schemes (ETS) can be modified by introducing “clean-up certificates” to allow for a phase of net-negative emissions. Clean-up certificates bundle the permission to emit CO2 with the obligation for its removal. We show that demand for such...

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Economics of Multifunctional Forestry in the Sámi People Homeland Region

Parkatti, Vesa-Pekka; Tahvonen, Olli - 2020

production, as determined by dynamic economic analysis, is incompatible with the frequently applied approach based on carbon debt …

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Economics of multifunctional forestry in the Sámi people homeland region

Parkatti, Vesa-Pekka; Tahvonen, Olli - 2020

production, as determined by dynamic economic analysis, is incompatible with the frequently applied approach based on carbon debt …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012317704

Carbon, climate, and economic breakeven times for biofuel from woody biomass from managed forests

Withers, Mitch R.; Malina, Robert; Barrett, Steven R.H. - In: Ecological Economics 112 (2015) C, pp. 45-52

Woody biomass harvested from old-growth forests results in a significant “carbon debt” when used as a feedstock for …. Managed forests are an alternative to old-growth forests with the potential to reduce the carbon debt associated with woody … biomass-derived fuels. This work is the first to quantify the carbon debt incurred by transportation biofuels derived from …

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The economics and greenhouse gas balance of land conversion to Jatropha: the case of Tanzania

Achten, Wouter; Dillen, Koen; Trabucco, A.a; Verbist, Bruno - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, … - 2015

Due to higher oil prices, abundance of labor and suitable land and its stable political climate, Tanzania attracted many investments in Jatropha. Although several studies on Jatropha's economic potential are available, its true economics are still uncertain. This paper aims to add to the growing...

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Carbon, climate, and economic breakeven times for biofuel from woody biomass from managed forests

Withers, Mitch R.; Malina, Robert; Barrett, Steven R. H. - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 112 (2015), pp. 45-52

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Counting carbon : historic emissions from fossil fuels, long-run measures of sustainable development and carbon debt

Kunnas, Jan; McLaughlin, Eoin; Hanley, Nick; Greasley, David - In: Scandinavian economic history review 62 (2014) 3, pp. 243-265

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Sequester or substitute—Consequences of increased production of wood based energy on the carbon balance in Finland

Kallio, A.M.I.; Salminen, O.; Sievänen, R. - In: Journal of Forest Economics 19 (2013) 4, pp. 402-415

Forests play an important role in mitigating climate change. Forests can sequester carbon from the atmosphere and provide biomass, which can be used to substitute for fossil fuels or energy-intensive materials. International climate policies favor the use of wood to substitute for fossil fuels...

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Sequester or substitute : consequences of increased production of wood based energy on the carbon balance in Finland

Kallio, Maarit; Salminen, Olli; Sievänen, Risto - In: Journal of forest economics : JFE 19 (2013) 4, pp. 402-415

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The concept of ecological debt: some steps towards an enriched sustainability paradigm

Goeminne, Gert; Paredis, Erik - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 12 (2010) 5, pp. 691-712

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