The Role of Forests in the Implementation of Russia’s Low-Carbon Development Strategy

Ptichnikov, A. V.; Shvarts, Evgeny A.; Popova, G. A.; Baibar, A. S.

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“…Additionally, for some mature forests, the potential for increasing carbon sink may be limited. To design and optimize a carbon abatement path, it is crucial to accurately predict the potential for increasing carbon sink through afforestation and reforestation [71].…”

Section: Terrestrial Carbon Sink Dynamicsmentioning

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Evaluation and Implication of the Policies towards China’s Carbon Neutrality

Wang

Tan

2023

Sustainability

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China announced it will achieve a carbon emission peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060 to fulfill its international obligations and mitigate climate risk. Related activities and polices were introduced in several sectors before this announcement. The performance and outcome of these activities provide necessary a priori knowledge for the designation and optimization of future policies. In this study, a comprehensive evaluation covering major sectors based on multisource data is proposed. The results show that although China is the largest CO2 emitter for the current stage, the increasing rate of carbon emissions has been significantly mitigated since the 2010s. This reduction in emissions can be accelerated by the carbon-trading scheme in pilot regions. As a substitution for fossil energy, there have been tens of thousands of increases in wind turbines and photovoltaic plants in the past decade. Additionally, an enhancement of the terrestrial carbon sink was detected by time-series remote sensing data. The results of this study demonstrate that China’s carbon activities in the past decade have received reasonable outcomes, which will benefit the optimization of related government policies. The improved legislation and policies of China can strengthen the regulation of emissions while promoting the quantity and quality of carbon sinks. At the same time, the improvement of the carbon emissions trading mechanism, especially the establishment of a marketing regulation mechanism, can significantly motivate interest-related communities and industries to abort high-carbon emissions and ensure the implementation of carbon neutrality in the future.

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Section: Terrestrial Carbon Sink Dynamicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation and Implication of the Policies towards China’s Carbon Neutrality

Wang

Tan

2023

Sustainability

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Economic effect of carbon storage due to forest management intensification: analysis and forecast for the Republic of Karelia

Vysokikh-Al-Yasiri

2023

RusJEL

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Objective: to assess the economic potential of carbon storage for a group of companies in the Republic of Karelia in the context of intensive forest management.Methods: SWOT analysis; assessment of a forest management project according to the VM10 international methodology, Verified Carbon Standard 2016 and forecast of revenues from selling carbon units.Results: the potential of Russian forest management in the context of the Paris Agreement is not disputed, but the assessment of the economic potential of carbon storage of individual economic entities at the moment remains open for discussion. The study estimates the effect of selling carbon units from forest management intensification projects, taking into account the maximum lease term for the area of 2.25 million hectares. This effect can reach an average of 23 million rubles per year from 2023 to 2034 and an average of 42 million rubles per year from 2023 to 2050, excluding the capital costs of logging and preparation, validation, verification and registration of the climate project, and field observations to ensure monitoring. The study proves that long-term investments in forest management intensification and a longer period of the climate project can lead to higher income per hectare from selling carbon units.Scientific novelty: it consists in the economic evaluation of regulatory restrictions on the price of carbon unit for forest climate projects, taking into account the maximum lease term stipulated by national legislation. The obtained results substantiate the economic challenges associated with the current regulations and provide information on the variability of project efficiency depending on the selected term of its implementation.Practical significance: the main results of the research can be used in the practical activity of economic entities, as well as by the bodies forming the policy of forest management.

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The Role of Forests in the Implementation of Russia’s Low-Carbon Development Strategy

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Evaluation and Implication of the Policies towards China’s Carbon Neutrality

Evaluation and Implication of the Policies towards China’s Carbon Neutrality

Economic effect of carbon storage due to forest management intensification: analysis and forecast for the Republic of Karelia

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