scholarly journals Market-Level Implications of Regulating Forest Carbon Storage and Albedo for Climate Change Mitigation – CORRIGENDUM

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (02) ◽  
pp. 359-360
Author(s):  
Aapo Rautiainen ◽  
Jussi Lintunen ◽  
Jussi Uusivuori
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Forest Carbon ◽  
Forest Carbon Storage ◽  
Change Mitigation

scholarly journals Market-Level Implications of Regulating Forest Carbon Storage and Albedo for Climate Change Mitigation

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aapo Rautiainen ◽  
Jussi Lintunen ◽  
Jussi Uusivuori
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Forest Carbon ◽  
Climate Forcing ◽  
Land Allocation ◽  
Forest Carbon Storage ◽  
Welfare Losses ◽  
Level Model ◽  
Equilibrium Market ◽  
Change Mitigation

We explore the optimal regulation of forest carbon and albedo for climate change mitigation. We develop a partial equilibrium market-level model with socially optimal carbon and albedo pricing and characterize optimal land allocation and harvests. We numerically assess the policy's market-level impacts on land allocation, harvests, and climate forcing, and evaluate how parameter choices (albedo strength, productivity of forest land, and carbon and albedo prices) affect the outcomes. Carbon pricing alone leads to an overprovision of climate benefits at the expense of food and timber production. Complementing the policy with albedo pricing reduces these welfare losses.

scholarly journals CARBON STORAGE OF MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM IN NORTH SULAWESI AND ITS IMPLICATIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION ACTION

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry Louise Kepel
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Mangrove Ecosystem ◽  
Coastal Forests ◽  
Average Value ◽  
North Sulawesi ◽  
Mangrove Ecosystems ◽  
Change Mitigation

North Sulawesi is one of the provinces that implements national / regional action plan (RAN / RAD) policies as part of a national effort to climate change mitigation. One of the land-based mitigation activities in North Sulawesi is to measure and monitore  biomass and carbon stocks in forests including coastal forests where the measurement area is still limited. In 2013-2015, Blue Carbon Research Group  conducted research in four locations in North Sulawesi, which aims to analyze the ecological conditions and the ability of coastal ecosystems, especially mangrove in sequestering carbon. Study sites situated in Ratatotok - Southeast Minahasa Regency, Kema - North Minahasa Regency, Lembeh Island – Bitung City and Sangihe Island – Sangihe Regency. A total of 17 species identified where B. gymnorrhiza, R. mucronata and S. alba found in all locations. Species diversity ranges from low to moderate, where species distribution is uneven. Carbon storage capacity is equal to 343.85 Mg C ha-1 in Ratatotok, 254,35 Mg C ha-1 in Lembeh, 387,95 Mg C ha-1 in Kema and 594,83 Mg C ha-1 in Sangihe. More than 59% of carbon storage are in the sediment. The average value of carbon storage in the four research sites is 456,86 Mg C ha-1 or 5,70 Tg C after converted to a total area of mangrove ecosystems in North Sulawesi. The value is equal to absorption of atmospheric CO2 by 20.70 Tg CO2e. Potential emission due to changes in mangrove conversion reach 0.42 Tg CO2e. Efforts to increase the contribution of reducing North Sulawesi emissions can be achieved by implementing emission reduction interventions through the rehabilitation and conservation of mangrove ecosystems. 

scholarly journals Global geologic carbon storage requirements of climate change mitigation scenarios

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1561-1567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Zahasky ◽  
Samuel Krevor
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Growth Rate ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Growth Duration ◽  
Geologic Carbon Storage ◽  
Rate Analysis ◽  
Resource Requirements ◽  
Storage Resource ◽  
Change Mitigation

Growth rate analysis indicates IPCC 2100 storage targets are achievable, however tradeoffs exist between CO2 storage resource requirements, storage growth rate, and growth duration, with a ceiling on required storage resources of 2700 Gt.

scholarly journals Co-benefits of protecting mangroves for biodiversity conservation and carbon storage

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Mizanur Rahman ◽  
Martin Zimmer ◽  
Imran Ahmed ◽  
Daniel Donato ◽  
Mamoru Kanzaki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Plant Biomass ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Taxonomic Diversity ◽  
Blue Carbon ◽  
Ecosystem Carbon ◽  
Sediment Organic Carbon ◽  
Change Mitigation

AbstractThe conservation of ecosystems and their biodiversity has numerous co-benefits, both for local societies and for humankind worldwide. While the co-benefit of climate change mitigation through so called blue carbon storage in coastal ecosystems has raised increasing interest in mangroves, the relevance of multifaceted biodiversity as a driver of carbon storage remains unclear. Sediment salinity, taxonomic diversity, functional diversity and functional distinctiveness together explain 69%, 69%, 27% and 61% of the variation in above- and belowground plant biomass carbon, sediment organic carbon and total ecosystem carbon storage, respectively, in the Sundarbans Reserved Forest. Functional distinctiveness had the strongest explanatory power for carbon storage, indicating that blue carbon in mangroves is driven by the functional composition of diverse tree assemblages. Protecting and restoring mangrove biodiversity with site-specific dominant species and other species of contrasting functional traits would have the co-benefit of maximizing their capacity for climate change mitigation through increased carbon storage.

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