Carbon credits for cookstoves: Trade-offs in climate and health benefits

Forestry Chronicle - Tập 88 Số 05 - Trang 600-608 - 2012
Olivia E. Freeman1, Hisham Zerriffi2
1Institute of Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4
2Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia, 6476 NW Marine Dr., Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z2

Tóm tắt

Cookstove projects have long been considered “win–win” development projects based on the multitude of benefits they can create. Carbon credits provide a new financing mechanism to fund such cookstove projects, but have been criticized as not always successfully meeting sustainable development goals. By drawing on previous literature this article critically looks at trade-offs between the maximization of climate and health benefits of cookstove projects in the context of carbon credits. It finds that carbon credits inherently account for climate benefits, but not for health. Therefore, clear objectives of cookstove interventions need to be defined prior to project implementation to insure the maximization of benefits in projects’ priority areas.

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