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Regressing REDD Reference Levels Simone Bauch & Arild Angelsen School of Economics and Business Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB)
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UNIVERSITETET FOR MILJØ- OG BIOVITENSKAP www.umb.no UMB projects on REDD+ Ref.Levels CIFOR + partners Global Comparative Study on REDD+ –Funded by NORAD+ –2009-2013+ –C1: National policies and politics –C2: REDD+ projects’ evaluation –C3: Ref.levels and MRV Global Brazil, Indonesia, Vietnam Other smaller projects –DEEC, UK – input to negotiations –Meridian III report on ref.levels –Advice to Norway’s Climate Forest Initiative, e.g. Indonesia Institutt for økonomi og ressursforvaltning 2
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UNIVERSITETET FOR MILJØ- OG BIOVITENSKAP www.umb.no REDD Basics Pay (incentivize and compensate) countries for Reducing Emission from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) Emission reduction = reference level – actual emissions in a given time period –Main challenge: How to set reference levels? One of 3 key issues highlighted by the Cancun decision for further consultations this year Institutt for økonomi og ressursforvaltning 3
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UNIVERSITETET FOR MILJØ- OG BIOVITENSKAP www.umb.no What are reference levels? Several definitions for reference levels, but refer to two very distinct meanings: BAU: counterfactual, or what would have happened without REDD. The yardstick for measuring the effect of REDD policies or interventions Crediting levels: The yardstick for payment. Can be seen as a modified BAU, incorporates considerations about e.g. efficient use of limited REDD resources, and higher responsibilities for middle-income than low income countries The BAU is where research can contribute the most: –how to predict deforestation
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UNIVERSITETET FOR MILJØ- OG BIOVITENSKAP www.umb.no Reference levels Time Past emissions (’historical baseline’) Realised path Crediting baseline BAU baseline Commitment period REDD credits Forest carbon stock
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UNIVERSITETET FOR MILJØ- OG BIOVITENSKAP www.umb.no Contentious but important issue Changes in reference period and year change payments considerably USD100 million * based on 120 tons C/ha and USD 5/tCO 2
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UNIVERSITETET FOR MILJØ- OG BIOVITENSKAP www.umb.no Reference year: Institutt for økonomi og ressursforvaltning 7 USD250 million
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UNIVERSITETET FOR MILJØ- OG BIOVITENSKAP www.umb.no In addition to historical deforetstaion, there are other factors that affect deforestation... Forest stock: forest transition curve Source: Angelsen, 2008
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UNIVERSITETET FOR MILJØ- OG BIOVITENSKAP www.umb.no What else to consider? To know what would happen we need to know what are drivers of deforestation? –Agricultural commodities: soy, cattle, oil palm (prices) –Household consumption: fuelwood, timber, etc –Land tenure: assert ownership of land National historical deforestation National circumstances: –Forest cover, reflecting stage in forest transition –GDP/capita Other factors –War, disasters, …. –Population –Commodity prices Ex post adjustment: –Brazil being rewarded due to the economic crisis Proposal: regression models
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UNIVERSITETET FOR MILJØ- OG BIOVITENSKAP www.umb.no How to include these other factors? Different levels for different types of countries: what defines these types? How to select variables to include in BAU? –Regression models: allows us to evaluate multiple dimensions simultaneously –Predictive model: what will deforestation be in the near future? Institutt for økonomi og ressursforvaltning 10
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UNIVERSITETET FOR MILJØ- OG BIOVITENSKAP www.umb.no Regression results Institutt for økonomi og ressursforvaltning 11 Bigger coefficients
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UNIVERSITETET FOR MILJØ- OG BIOVITENSKAP www.umb.no Robustness checks: Random Effects model Institutt for økonomi og ressursforvaltning 12
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UNIVERSITETET FOR MILJØ- OG BIOVITENSKAP www.umb.no Robustness check: state level data Institutt for økonomi og ressursforvaltning 13 N= 9 states x 5 years
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UNIVERSITETET FOR MILJØ- OG BIOVITENSKAP www.umb.no Robustness check: each year separately Model 1: very robust. Model 2: Institutt for økonomi og ressursforvaltning 14
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UNIVERSITETET FOR MILJØ- OG BIOVITENSKAP www.umb.no Model fit With deforestation predictions for 2010 and 2011. Institutt for økonomi og ressursforvaltning 15
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UNIVERSITETET FOR MILJØ- OG BIOVITENSKAP www.umb.no Some major conclusions Historical deforestation is key in predicting deforestation But can improve by including more factors Poverty cannot be used as argument to adjust BAU in Brazil Causal factors that drive deforestation, are still important factors after including historical deforestation –continuous pressure, no instant equilibrium of forest stock The distinction made in the debate between historical and predicted deforestation is artificial Comparing RL proposals: –Historical deforestation: simplest, assumes linearity –Categories (ad hoc cutoffs): relatively simple, might compromise additionality –Regression: more complex and realistic Institutt for økonomi og ressursforvaltning 16
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UNIVERSITETET FOR MILJØ- OG BIOVITENSKAP www.umb.no Thank you! arild.angelsen@umb.no arild.angelsen@umb.no sibauch@umb.no sibauch@umb.no Institutt for økonomi og ressursforvaltning 17
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