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May 9, 2014 By Katy Wang Leave a Comment

UNFCCC Releases Technical Paper on LULUCF Under CDM

Filed Under: Agriculture, CDM, Forestry, LULUCF Tagged With: Agriculture, CDM, forestry, mechanism, policy, unfccc

On April 23, 2014, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) published a report titled “Options for possible additional land use, land-use change and forestry activities and alternative approaches to addressing the risk of non-permanence under the clean development mechanism.” “Non-permanence” according to the UNFCCC, refers to the temporary nature… read more 

May 9, 2014 By Katy Wang Leave a Comment

Challenges of a Growing Population: China

Filed Under: China, Planning, policy, Uncategorized Tagged With: building, China, population, Transportation, trends

By 2030, The Economist projects 1 billion Chinese, or 70 percent of the population, will live in urban centers compared to 50 percent in 2014. This presents a great challenge to the cause. In an effort to spread out the growth, Beijing has plans to move upwards of 5 million… read more 

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 

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