Article
Incremental Costs of Carbon Storage in Forestry, Bioenergy and Land‐use
Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
(1997)
Abstract
This paper presents a comprehensive and consistent methodology to account for the incremental costs and net changes in carbon stocks for different categories of forestry and biomass energy projects. The methodology allows consistent comparisons of the costs and quantities of carbon stored in different types of projects and/or national programs, facilitating the inclusion of forestry and biomass energy projects in a possible CO2 emission reduction regime. The framework presented includes guidelines for defining a reference case against which carbon‐storage projects are compared, a carbon‐storage accounting method based on simple analytic techniques for one‐time terrestrial sinks, an endowment approach to incremental costing, and a discussion of local benefits and risk factors.
Keywords
- Terrestrial carbon sinks,
- carbon storage costs,
- global climate change,
- carbon stock models,
- forest conservation,
- reforestation,
- biomass energy
Disciplines
Publication Date
1997
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10643389709388530
Citation Information
Joel N. Swisher. "Incremental Costs of Carbon Storage in Forestry, Bioenergy and Land‐use" Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology Vol. 27 Iss. sup001: Economics of Carbon Seqestration in Forestry (1997) p. 335 - 350 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/joel-swisher/6/