A5054601745- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Forest Management and Policy
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Housing Market and Economics
- Capital Investment and Risk Analysis
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Genetically Modified Organisms Research
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Agricultural and Food Sciences
- Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Economic Growth and Productivity
- Plant and animal studies
Environmental Defense Fund
2011-2024
Columbia University
2021-2023
Center for International Forestry Research
2015
Economic Research Service
2002-2008
National Bureau of Economic Research
2007-2008
University of Florida
2004-2005
Oregon State University
2001
Harvard University
1993
Government commitments and market transitions lay the foundation for an effort to save forest reduce carbon emission.
Rules for applying the Kyoto Protocol and national cap-and-trade laws contain a major, but fixable, carbon accounting flaw in assessing bioenergy.
Abstract Viable nature-based climate solutions (NbCS) are needed to achieve goals expressed in international agreements like the Paris Accord. Many NbCS pathways have strong scientific foundations and can deliver meaningful benefits but effective mitigation is undermined by with less certainty. Here we couple an extensive literature review expert elicitation on 43 find that at present most used pathways, such as tropical forest conservation, a solid basis for mitigation. However, experts...
Land-use changes involve important economic and environmental effects with implications for international trade, global climate change, wildlife, other policy issues. We use an econometric model to identify factors driving land-use change in the United States between 1982 1997. quantify of net returns alternative land uses on private landowners' decisions allocate among six major uses, drawing detailed micro-data quality that are comprehensive contiguous States. This analysis provides first...
We estimate and map the impacts that alternative national subnational economic incentive structures for reducing emissions from deforestation (REDD+) in Indonesia would have had on greenhouse gas local revenue if they been place 2000 to 2005. The impact of carbon payments is calibrated econometrically pattern observed spatial variation benefits costs converting land agriculture over time period. at an international price $10/tCO 2 e, a “mandatory structure,” such as cap-and-trade or...
This publication presents the results of latest (2002) inventory U.S. major land uses, drawing on data from Census, public management and conservation agencies, other sources. The are synthesized by State to calculate use several broad classes subclasses agricultural nonagricultural over time. United States has a total area nearly 2.3 billion acres. Major uses in 2002 were forest-use land, 651 million acres (28.8 percent); grassland pasture range 587 (25.9 cropland, 442 (19.5 special...
The climate benefit and economic cost of an international mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation degradation (REDD) will depend on the design reference levels crediting emission reductions. We compare impacts six proposed level designs reduction per using a stylized partial equilibrium model (the open source REDD incentives spreadsheet; OSIRIS). explicitly incorporates national to participate in as well leakage emissions. Our results show that can provide cost-efficient change...
By helping achieve emissions targets more inexpensively than expected, trading systems can lower political resistance to ambitious targets, enabling deeper and faster cuts in over time. Using a dynamic global partial-equilibrium carbon market model, we quantify cost savings under scenarios for within across countries, as well the corresponding potential escalate reductions if those were translated into greater mitigation. We find use of markets could allow world nearly double climate...
This report estimates the impact that high levels of enrollment in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) have had on economic trends rural counties since program's inception 1985 until today. The results a growth model and quasi-experimental control group analysis indicate no discernible by CRP aggregate county population trends. Aggregate employment may slowed some high-CRP counties, but only temporarily. High appear to affected farm-related businesses over long run, number other nonfarm...
<i>We examine the persistence of cropland retirements induced by Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), largest U.S. conservation program. We analyze micro data on observed land-use choices following CRP contract expiration over 1995–1997 and predict that 42% acres would not have been returned to crops within a year if program had expired in 1997. These results indicate temporary retirement payments under generate changes often extend beyond periods. The analysis suggests targeted signing...
This article takes stock of economic modeling tools and findings related to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation forest degradation as well other forestry activities in developing countries (REDD+), discusses priorities for future research. The economics literature has identified opportunities significant cost-effective climate change mitigation both enhancing carbon stocks. Several studies estimate that including REDD+ could reduce the costs achieving policy goals over near...
We estimated the economic benefits resulting from controlling soybean aphid infestation by using a multi-regional competitive dynamic equilibrium model. Results indicate that reduction of production is largely absorbed reducing exports, due to higher price elasticity export demand compared domestic demand. Producer aphids would increase between $949 million and $1.623 billion in ten years under various scenarios. also suggest it economically more efficient control when rate intrinsic growth...
ABSTRACT This study uses a global climate-energy-economy model to investigate potential implications of linking credits from reducing emissions deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries carbon market, focusing on (RED) effects energy technology innovation. Integrating RED into market lowers the estimated total costs policy achieve 535 ppmv CO 2 -equivalent concentrations 2100 by up 25 per cent. Alternatively, program could enable additional reductions about 20 with no...
Steps to limit greenhouse gas emissions, including putting a "price" on can be undertaken in variety of ways, and these policies are associated with different terminology, carbon "taxes" or "offsets." Furthermore, the case fossil fuels, emissions regulated at points production usage system: "upstream" regulations applied extraction importation while "downstream" products services. From conventional economic standpoint, under range circumstances, regulation should have effectively equivalent...
Discussions of tropical deforestation are currently at the forefront climate change policy negotiations national, regional, and international levels. This paper analyzes effects linking Reduced Emissions from Deforestation Forest Degradation (REDD) to a global market for greenhouse gas emission reductions. We supplement climate-energy-economy model with alternative cost estimates reducing emissions in order examine program stabilizing concentrations 550 ppmv CO2 equivalent. Introducing REDD...