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Aino Efraimsson
Asami Tanabu
Larri Himma
Anastasiia Kostrytsia
Alejandra Valverde
Manoj Bhusal
Laura Delgado Ortiz
Main aims:
DEFINITION
OF CARBON
TRADING
-Social
-Environmental
-Technology
-Political
Critiques and
case studies
Measuring emissions,
accuracy and problems.
Limits of the so called
innovative quick fixes.
Non-carbon technology
and long-term efficiency,
a way forward?
Survival emissions
vs. Luxury
emissions
Do we have a choice?
Producing imaginary
carbon commodities.
- What is Plantar
S.A?
- Some information about the
Plantar project and its connection
to the World Bank. Plantar
arguments to receive carbon
credits.
CASE STUDY:
SRI LANKA
- Background :
- Target: Off-grid community from Tamil minority.
- Industry: Dependency on tea and rubber plantations
- Privatization of Plantation:
- Increasing global competition
- Lower production cost, increasing productivity
- Increasing wages obliged by government
Results
Only 35 solar systems were
installed out of 63 families and
7 Sinhara workers.
Why the project failed??
A better environmental
situations and the extension
of the Climate Changes
effects.
Include developing
countries in the
decrease of carbon
emissions and
improve their
situations
2. These companies
build a population
inclusion program
and buy the land and
the workers to plan
and take care for the
land for the next 100
years or more.
From the
Netherlands to the
Andes: the
Ecuadorian situation.
population does
not have any more
money to maintain
the plantations
and try to finish
the contract,
ineffectively.
NO SILVER BULLET:
The reorganisation of
society away from fossil
fuel dependency:
Land use planning
Improving public transport
systems
Increasing renewable energy use
and energy efficiency
Subsidy Shifting
Conventional Regulation
Green taxes
ENABLING SUSTAINABLE
BEHAVIOUR:
CARBON TAXES
Existed internationally for
20 years
Aims:
a) Reduce GHG emissions
b) Raise revenue
c) Change consumer
behaviour
Revenue:
a) Carbon mitigation
b) Individuals- reducing
income tax
c) Supplementing Gov. budget
Critique-regressive
Critiquetaxation
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