Deforestation and climate change
Subtitle: reducing carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
By: edited by Valentina Bosetti, Ruben Lubowski
Series: The Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) series on economics, the environment and sustainable development; Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) series on economics, the environment and sustainable development
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9781848448247
Subjects: Deforestation; Environmental aspects; Climatic changes
Other titles: Reducing carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
Description: "Deforestation and forest degradation have long been recognized as environmental problems, with concerns over conservation of natural habitats and biological diversity capturing both scientific and public attention. More recently, the debate over tropical forest conservation has radically shifted to the approximately fifteen percent of global greenhouse gas emissions that are caused by deforestation and forest degradation, and to the potential synergies from integrating forest management with climate change policies. The goal of this book is to shed light on some of the major concerns, issues and challenges related to the inclusion of forest carbon in international climate policies, as well as to illustrate some of the potential solutions and paths forward. In addition, the book describes the status of REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) in international climate policy negotiations, providing an historical perspective and highlighting the current positions of key international players that will frame the future debate at the national, regional and international level."--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Deforestation and emerging greenhouse gas compliance regimes : toward a global environmental law of forests, carbon and climate governance  -- William Boyd; title: From The Hague to Copenhagen : why it failed then and why it could be different  -- Federica Bietta; title: The European Union's position on REDD financing  -- Pedro Piris-Cabezas; title: International forest carbon in the US Congress : a survey of key congressional staff  -- Lou Leonard, Raymond Kopp and Nigel Purvis; title: Preparing for REDD : the forest carbon partnership facility  -- Benoît Bosquet, Stefano Pagiola and André Aquino; title: Incentives to reduce emissions from deforestation : a stock-flow approach with target reductions  -- Andrea Cattaneo; title: Towards a sound REDD : ensuring globally consistent reference scenarios and safeguarding sustainability co-benefits  -- Michael Obersteiner ... [et al.]; title: Financing global forests : the Eliasch review  -- Graham Floater and Duncan Stone; title: REDD and the global carbon market : the role of banking  -- Pedro Piris-Cabezas; title: Options on REDD as a hedging tool for post-Kyoto climate policy  -- Alexander Golub; title: Epilogue : REDD past, present, and future -- Valentina Bosetti and Ruben Lubowski.