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This paper analyzes the role of afforestation-reforestation and timber management activities, and their major and … the European domestic portfolio of a 2020-20 and 2020-30 climate stabilization policy. Afforestation and land use are … afforestation and timber management could lead to substantially lower policy costs if included. By allowing afforestation alone it …
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Scientific and economic consensus increasingly points to the need for a credible and cost-effective approach to address the threat of global climate change, but the Kyoto Protocol to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change appears incapable of inducing significant participation and...
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We critically review the Kyoto Protocol and thirteen alternative policy architectures for addressing the threat of global climate change. We employ six criteria to evaluate the policy proposals: environmental outcome, dynamic efficiency, cost effectiveness, equity, flexibility in the presence of...
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The rapid development of climate policies and the need to understand the dynamics of climate change have highlighted and shaped the role of land use, land-use change and forestry dynamics (LULUCF), making it an issue of global importance. As a consequence, LULUCF has become a central topic in...
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The use of forests as carbon sinks is examined by introducing carbon sequestration benefits' accounting in a multi-vintage land allocation model. Following the IPCC, three carbon accounting methods are considered. We compare the results in each case with those without carbon sequestration, as...
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We investigate the problem of subsidising afforestation when private information exists with respect to the level of … private utility from the projects and a conventional' group deriving lower utility. Afforestation projects may be produced in …
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