Carbon prices and greenhouse gases abatement from agriculture,forestry and land use in Nepal |
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| Institution: | 1. Asian Institute of Technology and Management, Satdobato,Godavari Road, Khumaltar, PO Box 25, Lalitpur 44700, Nepal;2. School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, PO Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand;3. Department of Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan;1. Institute of Agriculture and Environment, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, 4350, Australia;2. International Centre for Applied Climate Science, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, 4350, Australia;1. Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchment (ACSC), University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia;2. Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia;3. Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchment, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia;1. School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, VIC, 3010, Australia;2. Centre for International Forestry Research, Jalan CIFOR, Situ Gede, Sindang Barang, Bogor, Barat, 16115, Indonesia;3. Earth Systems Research Centre, University of New Hampshire Ogunquit, ME, 03907, USA |
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| Abstract: | The Agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) sector as a whole accounts for more than 80% of the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emission in Nepal. This study estimates the GHG emissions from the AFOLU sector in the business as usual (BAU) case during 2010–2050 and identifies the economically attractive countermeasures to abate GHG emissions from the sector at different carbon prices. It also estimates the carbon price elasticity of GHG abatement from the sector. The study finds that enteric fermentation processes in the livestock and emissions from agricultural soils are the two major contributors of GHG emission in AFOLU sector. It identifies no-regret abatement options in the AFOLU sector that could mitigate about 41.5% of the total GHG emission during 2016–2050 in the BAU scenario. There would be a net cumulative carbon sequestration of 16 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) at $10 per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) during the period. Carbon price above $75/tCO2e is not found to be much effective in achieving significant additional reduction in GHG emissions from the AFOLU sector. |
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| Keywords: | Carbon price GHG abatement Agriculture LULUCF AFOLU-B model Nepal |
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