Is a Clean Development Mechanism project economically justified? Case study of an International Carbon Sequestration Project in Iran

Katırcıoğlu, Salih; Dalir, Sara

doi:10.1007/s11356-015-5256-2

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“…Articles we coded as demonstrations include: Returning Farmland to Forest Program in China (Zinda et al 2017), Forest Restoration Experimental Project (Gong et al 2013), and a project in Guangdong, China (Zhou et al 2008). A different type of demonstration included looking at the financial outcome of a CDM project after 6 years (Katircioglu et al 2016).…”

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Negative emissions—Part 3: Innovation and upscaling

Nemet

Callaghan

Creutzig

et al. 2018

Environ. Res. Lett.

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We assess the literature on innovation and upscaling for negative emissions technologies (NETs) using a systematic and reproducible literature coding procedure. To structure our review, we employ the framework of sequential stages in the innovation process, with which we code each NETs article in innovation space. We find that while there is a growing body of innovation literature on NETs, 59% of the articles are focused on the earliest stages of the innovation process, 'research and development' (R&D). The subsequent stages of innovation are also represented in the literature, but at much lower levels of activity than R&D. Distinguishing between innovation stages that are related to the supply of the technology (R&D, demonstrations, scale up) and demand for the technology (demand pull, niche markets, public acceptance), we find an overwhelming emphasis (83%) on the supply side. BECCS articles have an above average share of demand-side articles while direct air carbon capture and storage has a very low share. Innovation in NETs has much to learn from successfully diffused technologies; appealing to heterogeneous users, managing policy risk, as well as understanding and addressing public concerns are all crucial yet not well represented in the extant literature. Results from integrated assessment models show that while NETs play a key role in the second half of the 21st century for 1.5 • C and 2 • C scenarios, the major period of new NETs deployment is between 2030 and 2050. Given that the broader innovation literature consistently finds long time periods involved in scaling up and deploying novel technologies, there is an urgency to developing NETs that is largely unappreciated. This challenge is exacerbated by the thousands to millions of actors that potentially need to adopt these technologies for them to achieve planetary scale. This urgency is reflected neither in the Paris Agreement nor in most of the literature we review here. If NETs are to be deployed at the levels required to meet 1.5 • C and 2 • C targets, then important post-R&D issues will need to be addressed in the literature, including incentives for early deployment, niche markets, scale-up, demand, and-particularly if deployment is to be hastened-public acceptance. Chen C and Tavoni M 2013 Direct air capture of CO 2 and climate stabilization: a model based assessment Clim. Change 118 59-72 Cheng N, Fürth M, Johnson M C, Tay Z Y, Shenoi R A and Wilson P A 2013 Engaging the community with a 'green town' concept Energy Procedia 37 7337-45 Choi S, Drese J H, Eisenberger P M and Jones C W 2011 Application of amine-tethered solid sorbents for direct CO 2 capture from the ambient air Environ. Sci. Technol. 45 2420-7 Coffman D M and Lockley A 2017 Carbon dioxide removal and the futures market Environ. Res. Lett. 12 015003 Cohen L R and Noll R G 1991 The Technology Pork Barrel (Washington: Brookings) Cohen W M, Goto A, Nagata A, Nelson R R and Walsh J R 2002 R&D spillovers, patents and the incentives to innovate in Japan and the United States Res. Policy ...

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Section: Demonstrations and Scale Upmentioning

confidence: 99%

Negative emissions—Part 3: Innovation and upscaling

Nemet

Callaghan

Creutzig

et al. 2018

Environ. Res. Lett.

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“…There are linkages between development and responses to climate change (African Development Bank et al 2003;Giannini et al 2008;Schipper 2007;Stringer et al 2009;Twomlow et al 2008;Yohe et al 2007). Katircioglu, Dalir and Olya (2016) argue that projects under the Kyoto Protocol's CDM have the potential to generate economic, social and environmental benefits in developing countries. Connelly (2007) defines sustainable development as development that occurs within the constraining bounds of three broad spheres of concern: the environment, the economy and society.…”

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Linking sustainable local economic development to a market-based carbon control regime: Carbon restoration projects in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa using Portulacaria afra

Polak

Snowball

2019

J. econ. financ. sci.

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Orientation: There is growing interest in how international climate change mitigation and adaptation programmes play out at the local level.Research purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the link between land restoration and carbon sequestration projects in the Eastern Cape, using Portulacaria afra (Spekboom), and market-based approaches to address global climate change.Motivation for the study: The Eastern Cape is one of the poorest areas of the country, and there is great emphasis on the establishment of economically and environmentally sustainable, as well as socially just, local economic development (LED) initiatives. However, LED projects are often not sustainable in the long run.Research design, approach and method: A mixed methods design, using data on international carbon markets, and key stakeholder interviews with those involved in LED land restoration programmes, was used. Qualitative results were analysed using Connelly’s (2007) framework for sustainable development, which included indicators for environmental protection, economic growth and social justice.Main findings: Stakeholders perceive the long-term financial sustainability of such projects as resting on their ability to earn carbon credits, despite the current very low international carbon prices.Practical/managerial implications: The long-term success of carbon-based restoration projects may depend on the establishment of a local carbon market or continued public funding. Upfront costs of land restoration projects are high and return only starts years later.Contribution/value-add: The establishment of a South African carbon market that helps carbon sequestration LED projects to meet the technical and administrative requirements needed to sell carbon credits will be an important determinant of their sustainability.

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“…Precarious livelihoods in already degraded lands are being placed at additional risk by climate change linked to rising CO 2 levels. Carbon mitigation policies, including carbon sequestration, can contribute to carbon capture by increasing vegetation cover which fixes soil carbon [14][15][16]. This paper describes a successful community-based project in Iran, the "Carbon Sequestration in Hossein Abad rangelands Project" (CSP) co-funded by UNDP/GEF and the Iranian government in a remote rural area.…”

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A Social Dimension of Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change: Empowering Local Rural Communities to Confront Extreme Poverty

Amiraslani,

Dragovich

2023

Climate

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Climate change impacts occur at varying spatial scales requiring appropriately scaled responses. In impoverished rural areas, adapting to or mitigating the effects of climate change is challenging, with any short-term impairment to precarious livelihoods likely triggering negative community responses even if people are aware of long-term benefits. The paper will discuss a community-based carbon sequestration project in eastern Iran. It started in 2003 and since then has been expanded widely. It was nominated by UNDP as one of 10 transformative projects in Asia/Pacific in 2016. Over the past 20 years, the project has targeted improving the livelihood of the local communities while addressing local measures to adapt to/mitigate climate change. The paper elaborates on the formation of village development groups as pivotal drivers of success by highlighting local income-generating schemes and project documentation. Key lessons for climate change adaptation can be learnt and are applicable to other developing countries. Extreme poverty in rural areas facing climate change could be tackled through implementing bottom-up approaches in which local communities can be respected and engaged in co-leadership and planning.

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Is a Clean Development Mechanism project economically justified? Case study of an International Carbon Sequestration Project in Iran

Cited by 5 publications

References 20 publications

Negative emissions—Part 3: Innovation and upscaling

Negative emissions—Part 3: Innovation and upscaling

Linking sustainable local economic development to a market-based carbon control regime: Carbon restoration projects in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa using Portulacaria afra

A Social Dimension of Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change: Empowering Local Rural Communities to Confront Extreme Poverty

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