Climate change and forests : emerging policy and market opportunities / / Charlotte Streck ... [et al.], editors

• Pubblicazione: London, : Chatham House; Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 346 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 333.75/15
• Soggetto topico: Climatic changes; Forest microclimatology; Carbon sequestration
• Altri autori: StreckCharlotte
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Table of Contents; Foreword; Climate Change and Forestry: An Introduction; The Idea of Market-Based Mechanisms for Forest Conservation and Climate Change; History and Context of LULUCF in the Climate Regime; Risks and Criticisms of Forestry-Based Climate Change Mitigation and Carbon Trading; Forest Carbon and Other Ecosystem Services: Synergies between the Rio Conventiones; Forestry Projects under the Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implemendation: Rules and Regulations; How Renewable is Bioenergy?; Design Issues in Clean Development Mechanism Forestry Projects ; The Permanence Challenge: An Economic Analysis of Temporary Credits; Project-Base Mechanisms: Methodological Approaches for Measuring and Monitoring Carbon Credits; Characterizing Sequestration Rights Legally in Chile; Legal Issues and Contractual Solutions for LULUCF Projects under the Clean Development Mechanism; Reducing Emissions from Deforestration in Developing Countries: An Introduction; An Accounting Mechanism for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation of Forests in Developing Countries ; A Latin American Perspective on Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry Negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Changed; Compensatied Reductions: Rewarding Developing Countries for Protecting Forest Carbon; Creating Incentives for Avoiding Further Deforestation: The Nested Approach; Legislative Approaches to Forest Sinks in Australia and New Zealand: Working Models for Other Jurisdictions?; Using Forests and Farms to Combat Climate Change: How Emerging Policies in the United States Promote Land Conservation and Restoration; Carving a Niche for Forests in the Voluntary Carbon Markets; Developing Forestry Carbon Projects for the Voluntary Carbon Market: A Practical Analysis; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "Frames forestry activities within climate-change policy context. Analyzes the operation and efficacy of market-based mechanisms for forest conservation and climate change. Explores voluntary schemes for carbon crediting, provides an overview of carbon accounting best practices, and presents tools for future sequestration and offset programs. Concludes with options for slowing deforestation"--Provided by publisher.
• Titolo autorizzato: Climate change and forests
• ISBN: 1-282-13139-7; 9786612131394; 0-8157-0148-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809846503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II