“Beyond REDD+: What management of land can and cannot do to help control atmospheric CO2”

REDD+ is a good start for reducing the emissions of carbon from land, but there are more ambitious management practices that might be needed to stabilize the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere almost immediately. Stopping deforestation and degradation (1 PgC/yr), letting forests grow and substituting harvested wood products for energy intensive products (steel, concrete) in construction (1-3 PgC/yr), and re-establishing forests on unproductive lands that once supported forests (1 PgC/yr) could, all together, stabilize the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere for a long enough period (about 50 years) to develop renewable alternatives to replace fossil fuels. Even such an ambitious program, however, might not succeed if the warming of the earth changes current carbon sinks to sources, such as might be expected if permafrost thaws or if tropical forests suffer die-off from repeated droughts. We need a mechanism of debits and credits not only for managed lands, but for lands (and oceans) that are not actively managed, but which may, nevertheless, affect atmospheric CO2. During the event, the Director of the International Center for Climate Governance, Carlo Carraro, will be pleased to announce the winner of the contest “2013 ICCG Climate Think Tank Ranking Award”. The competition was created as part of the ICCG Think Thank Map observatory in 2013. With the aim of recognizing the excellence of the main Institutions addressing the climate issue worldwide, ICCG every year publishes a ranking of the best think tanks active in the field of climate change economics and policy. The ranking takes into account the quality of a think tank in conducting research and its role in influencing climate and energy policy.

Speaker: Richard A. Houghton, Acting President of the Woods Hole Research Center

Introduced by Carlo Carraro, CMCC, FEEM, ICCG and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

When and Where

Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice - Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice -

2 Oct 2014



Contacts

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