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May 3, 2014 By Katy Wang Leave a Comment

Unpacking Land-related Emissions Abatement Potential (Part 2: Forestry)

Filed Under: Brazil, China, Forestry, Indonesia, LULUCF Tagged With: abatement potential, forestry, LULUCF

Continuing from Unpacking Land-related Emissions Abatement Potential (Part 1: Agriculture) Forestry remains the most important part of LULUCF – with the greatest potential as a sink but also as a major contributor to emissions. Compared to agricultural levers, forestry levers are more expensive to implement and oftentimes, in the case of… read more 

May 2, 2014 By Katy Wang Leave a Comment

Unpacking Land-related Emissions Abatement Potential (Part 1: Agriculture)

Filed Under: Agriculture, Brazil, China, Indonesia, REDD, United States Tagged With: abatement potential, Agriculture, levers, LULUCF, sdf, strategies

As mentioned in an earlier post, our analysis of the McKinsey Abatement Cost Curve suggests greenhouse gas emission levels worldwide from forestry and agriculture could fall to 10.68 GtCO2e by 2030, a 29% reduction from projected business as usual (BAU) emissions for 2030 or a potential abatement of 4.89 GtCO2e.… read more 

April 30, 2014 By Katy Wang Leave a Comment

LULUCF Abatement Rationale & Potential Abatement

Filed Under: Agriculture, Brazil, China, Forestry Tagged With: abatement potential, forestry, LULUCF, rationale

Generally, LULUCF abatement solutions are natural, readily available,[1] and unlike some of the other sectors, can be implemented with existing technology.

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