Biofuels and Climate Change Mitigation : A CGE Analysis Incorporating Land-Use Change

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dc.creatorTimilsina, Govinda R.
dc.creatorMevel, Simon
dc.date2012-03-19T18:02:25Z
dc.date2012-03-19T18:02:25Z
dc.date2011-06-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:01:21Z
dc.descriptionThe question of whether biofuels help mitigate climate change has attracted much debate in the literature. Using a global computable general equilibrium model that explicitly represents land-use change impacts due to the expansion of biofuels, this study attempts to shed some light on this question. The study shows that if biofuel mandates and targets currently announced by more than 40 countries around the world are implemented by 2020 using crop feedstocks, and if both forests and pasture lands are used to meet the new land demands for biofuel expansion, this would cause a net increase of greenhouse gas emissions released to the atmosphere until 2043, since the cumulative greenhouse gas emissions released through land-use change would exceed the reduction of emissions due to replacement of gasoline and diesel until then. However, if the use of forest lands is avoided by channeling only pasture lands to meet the demand for new lands, a net increase of cumulative greenhouse gas emissions would occur but would cease by 2021, only a year after the assumed full implementation of the mandates and targets. The study also shows, contrary to common perceptions, that the rate of deforestation does not increase with the rate of biofuel expansion; instead, the marginal rate of deforestation and corresponding land-use emissions decrease even if the production of biofuels increases.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/3435
dc.identifier10.1596/1813-9450-5672
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/414324
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relationPaper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP),Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5672
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectABOVE GROUND BIOMASS
dc.subjectABOVEGROUND BIOMASS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
dc.subjectAMAZONIAN RAINFOREST
dc.subjectANNUAL EMISSION
dc.subjectANNUAL EMISSIONS
dc.subjectATMOSPHERE
dc.subjectATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS
dc.subjectBIODIVERSITY
dc.subjectBIOMASS
dc.subjectCAPITAL STRUCTURE
dc.subjectCARBON
dc.subjectCARBON CONTENT
dc.subjectCARBON DEBT
dc.subjectCARBON EMISSIONS
dc.subjectCARBON MASS
dc.subjectCARBON POOLS
dc.subjectCARBON STOCK
dc.subjectCELLULOSIC ETHANOL
dc.subjectCHANGING LAND USE
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
dc.subjectCO2
dc.subjectCOAL
dc.subjectCOMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
dc.subjectCONSERVATION
dc.subjectCONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION OF FOSSIL
dc.subjectCONVERSION OF LAND
dc.subjectCUMULATIVE EMISSIONS
dc.subjectCUMULATIVE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
dc.subjectDEFORESTATION ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectDIESEL
dc.subjectDOMESTIC SUPPLY
dc.subjectECOLOGICAL ZONES
dc.subjectECONOMIC SECTORS
dc.subjectELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
dc.subjectEMISSION
dc.subjectEMISSION COEFFICIENTS
dc.subjectEMISSION FACTOR
dc.subjectEMISSION FACTORS
dc.subjectEMISSION REDUCTIONS
dc.subjectEMISSIONS DATA
dc.subjectEMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION
dc.subjectEMISSIONS FROM LAND-USE CHANGE
dc.subjectEMISSIONS FROM RICE FIELDS
dc.subjectEMISSIONS REDUCTION
dc.subjectENERGY BALANCE
dc.subjectENERGY CAPITAL
dc.subjectENERGY EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
dc.subjectENERGY POLICY
dc.subjectENERGY PRICE
dc.subjectENERGY PRICES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
dc.subjectETHANOL
dc.subjectETHANOL FROM SUGARCANE
dc.subjectFEEDSTOCKS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subjectFOREST
dc.subjectFOREST LAND
dc.subjectFOREST LANDS
dc.subjectFOREST PROTECTION
dc.subjectFOREST STOCK
dc.subjectFOREST STOCKS
dc.subjectFORESTRY
dc.subjectFORESTS
dc.subjectFOSSIL FUEL
dc.subjectFOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFOSSIL FUELS
dc.subjectFREE TRADE
dc.subjectFREEZE
dc.subjectFUEL CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFUEL SUBSTITUTION
dc.subjectGAS RESERVES
dc.subjectGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
dc.subjectGHG
dc.subjectGHGS
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GASES
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectIMPORTS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINDIRECT EMISSIONS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
dc.subjectIPCC
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLY
dc.subjectLAND -USE
dc.subjectLAND AREA
dc.subjectLAND CLEARING
dc.subjectLAND CONVERSION
dc.subjectLAND DATA
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLAND USE CHANGE
dc.subjectLAND USE CHANGES
dc.subjectLAND-USE
dc.subjectLAND-USE EMISSIONS
dc.subjectMETHANE
dc.subjectMETHANE EMISSIONS
dc.subjectMITIGATION POTENTIAL
dc.subjectNATIONAL INCOME
dc.subjectNATURAL FORESTS
dc.subjectNATURAL GAS
dc.subjectNITROUS OXIDE
dc.subjectOIL
dc.subjectOILS
dc.subjectPASTURE LAND
dc.subjectRAIN
dc.subjectRAINFOREST LOSS
dc.subjectRATE OF DEFORESTATION
dc.subjectREDUCTION OF EMISSIONS
dc.subjectREVENUE NEUTRAL
dc.subjectSCENARIOS
dc.subjectSOIL CARBON
dc.subjectTAX RATES
dc.subjectTOTAL DEMAND
dc.subjectTROPICAL RAIN FORESTS
dc.titleBiofuels and Climate Change Mitigation : A CGE Analysis Incorporating Land-Use Change

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