Selected Publications Related to Agriculture & Rural Development Day 2010
An Output-based Intensity Approach for Crediting Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Agriculture: Explanation and Policy Implications
February 2011
Recent climate legislative proposals place a significant emphasis on greenhouse gas (GHG) offsets in uncapped sectors (e.g., agriculture and forestry) to reduce compliance costs of an economy‐wide cap‐and‐trade system, while incentivizing more environmentally friendly production. The most recent bill to be proposed is the Kerry‐Lieberman American Power Act. Section 734 of this bill establishes a comprehensive list of potentially eligible domestic offset activities. Among those included are “projects that reduce the greenhouse gas intensity per unit of agricultural production.” This output‐based intensity approach is a distinct departure from standard offset mechanisms for agriculture, which focus on absolute GHG reductions that are determined on a per unit area (acre or hectare) to which the practices are applied. While the focus of this discussion is offset mechanisms in regulatory or voluntary markets, insights can also be gained for low‐carbon fuel standards, supply chain requirements, and other low‐carbon strategies.
The Crucial Role of Forests in Combating Climate Change
June 2009 - by Erin Myers Madeira, Lydia Olander, William Boyd, Kathleen Lawlor, John O. Niles
International Forest Carbon and the Climate Change Challenge Series – Brief No. 1
Expanding the Scope of International Terrestrial Carbon Options: Implications of REDD+ and Beyond
February 2010 - by Kathleen Lawlor, Aaron Jenkins, Lydia P. Olander, Brian C. Murray
Leakage from an Avoided Deforestation Compensation Policy: Concepts, Empirical Evidence, and Corrective Policy Options
June 2008 - by Brian C. Murray
Forging a Path for High-Quality Compliance REDD Credits
December 2009 - by Brian Murray, Lydia Olander, Donald P. Kanak
Addressing Leakage in a Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Offsets Program for Forestry and Agriculture
April 2009 - by Aaron Jenkins, Lydia Olander and Brian Murray
Mitigation Beyond the Cap: A Series of Briefs on Expanding Climate Mitigation Opportunities
Integrating Biofuels into Comprehensive Climate Policy - An Overview of Biofuels Policy Options
November 2009 - by Christopher Galik, Wyley Hodgson, Craig Raborn and Patrick Bean
Responding to Concerns and Questions
June 2009 - by Lydia Olander, William Boyd, Kathleen Lawlor, John Niles, Erin Myers Madeira
International Forest Carbon and the Climate Change Challenge Series – Brief No. 3
Data and Methods to Estimate National Historical Deforestation Baselines in Support of UNFCCC REDD
July 2007 - by Lydia P. Olander, Holly Gibbs, Marc Steininger, Jennifer Swenson and Brian C. Murray
Addressing the Causes of Tropical Deforestation: Lessons Learned and the Implications for International Forest Carbon Policy
June 2009 - by Kathleen Lawlor with Lydia Olander, William Boyd, John Niles and Erin Myers Madeira
International Forest Carbon and the Climate Change Challenge Series – Brief No. 5
Experience on the Ground, in the Forests
June 2009 - by John Niles with William Boyd, Kathleen Lawlor, Erin Myers Madeira and Lydia Olander
International Forest Carbon and the Climate Change Challenge Series – Brief No. 6
Fundamentals for an International Forest Climate Policy
June 2009 - by Lydia Olander with John Niles, William Boyd, Erin Myers Madeira and Kathleen Lawlor
International Forest Carbon and the Climate Change Challenge Series – Brief No. 4
Including International Forest Carbon Incentives in Climate Policy: Understanding the Economics
June 2009 - by Brian C. Murray, Ruben Lubowski, Brent Sohngen
International Forest Carbon and the Climate Change Challenge: Issues and Options
June 2009 - by Lydia Olander, William Boyd, Kathleen Lawlor, Erin Myers Madeira and John Niles
A multi-author collaborative report highlighting the most promising opportunities and pressing challenges associated with the effort to bring deforestation and forest degradation into climate policy.
International Forest Carbon in Current Policy Proposals
June 2009 - by William Boyd, Lydia Olander, John Niles, Kathleen Lawlor, Erin Myers Madeira
International Forest Carbon and the Climate Change Challenge Series – Brief No. 2
U.S. Government Funding for Forests in Developing Countries and the New REDD+ Landscape
October 2009 - by Kathleen Lawlor and Lydia Olander
Policy Impacts on Deforestation: Lessons Learned from Past Experiences to Inform New Initiatives
June 2010 - by Alexander Pfaff, Erin O. Sills, Gregory S. Amacher, Michael J. Coren, Kathleen Lawlor, and Charlotte Streck
A new Nicholas Institute report looks at the successes and failures of previous policy attempts to stem deforestation and suggests a way forward for global policy efforts to reduce emissions of greenhouse gas from deforestation.
Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential of Agricultural Land Management in the United States: A Synthesis of the Literature (Third Edition)
January 2012 - by Alison J. Eagle, Lydia P. Olander, Lucy R. Henry, Karen Haugen-Kozyra, Neville Millar, and G. Philip Robertson
Institutions and Policies to Protect Rural Livelihoods in REDD+ Regimes
November 2010
Published in the November 2010 issue of Global Environmental Politics
Emissions Offsets in a Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Policy
May 2010
Chapter in Issues of the Day: 100 Commentaries on Climate, Energy, the Environment, Transportation, and Public Health Policy
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