Ocean carbon sinks and international climate policy
Terrestrial vegetation sinks have entered the Kyoto Protocol as offsets for anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, but ocean sinks have escaped attention. Ocean sinks are as unexplored and uncertain as were the terrestrial sinks at the time of negotiation of the Kyoto Protocol. It is not unlikely t...
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ftvuamstcris:oai:research.vu.nl:publications/df9a6696-1843-48aa-8742-467af82ed6fe 2024-10-13T14:08:28+00:00 Ocean carbon sinks and international climate policy Rehdanz, K. Tol, R.S.J. Wetzel, P. 2006 https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/df9a6696-1843-48aa-8742-467af82ed6fe https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2005.07.015 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Rehdanz , K , Tol , R S J & Wetzel , P 2006 , ' Ocean carbon sinks and international climate policy ' , Energy Policy , vol. 34 , pp. 3516-3526 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2005.07.015 /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_on_land name=SDG 15 - Life on Land /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/reduced_inequalities name=SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities article 2006 ftvuamstcris https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2005.07.015 2024-10-03T00:23:17Z Terrestrial vegetation sinks have entered the Kyoto Protocol as offsets for anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, but ocean sinks have escaped attention. Ocean sinks are as unexplored and uncertain as were the terrestrial sinks at the time of negotiation of the Kyoto Protocol. It is not unlikely that certain countries will advocate the inclusion of ocean carbon sinks to reduce their emission reduction obligations in post-2012 negotiations. We use a simple model of the international market for carbon dioxide emissions to evaluate who would gain or loose from allowing for ocean carbon sinks. Our analysis is restricted to information on anthropogenic carbon sequestration within the exclusive economic zone of a country. We use information on the actual carbon flux and derive the human-induced uptake for the period from 1990 onwards. Like the carbon sequestration of business as usual forest management activities, natural ocean carbon sequestration applies at zero costs. The total amount of anthropogenic ocean carbon sequestration is large, also in the exclusive economic zones. As a consequence, it substantially alters the costs of emission reduction for most countries. Countries such as Australia, Denmark, France, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway and Portugal would gain substantially, and a large number of countries would benefit too. Current net exporters of carbon permits, particularly Russia, would gain less and oppose the inclusion of ocean carbon sinks. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU): Research Portal New Zealand Norway Energy Policy 34 18 3516 3526 |
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Terrestrial vegetation sinks have entered the Kyoto Protocol as offsets for anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, but ocean sinks have escaped attention. Ocean sinks are as unexplored and uncertain as were the terrestrial sinks at the time of negotiation of the Kyoto Protocol. It is not unlikely that certain countries will advocate the inclusion of ocean carbon sinks to reduce their emission reduction obligations in post-2012 negotiations. We use a simple model of the international market for carbon dioxide emissions to evaluate who would gain or loose from allowing for ocean carbon sinks. Our analysis is restricted to information on anthropogenic carbon sequestration within the exclusive economic zone of a country. We use information on the actual carbon flux and derive the human-induced uptake for the period from 1990 onwards. Like the carbon sequestration of business as usual forest management activities, natural ocean carbon sequestration applies at zero costs. The total amount of anthropogenic ocean carbon sequestration is large, also in the exclusive economic zones. As a consequence, it substantially alters the costs of emission reduction for most countries. Countries such as Australia, Denmark, France, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway and Portugal would gain substantially, and a large number of countries would benefit too. Current net exporters of carbon permits, particularly Russia, would gain less and oppose the inclusion of ocean carbon sinks. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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