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Carbon credits for cookstoves: trade-offs in climate and health benefits Freeman, Olivia Esther; Zerriffi, Hisham

Abstract

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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Carbon credits for cookstoves: trade-offs in climate and health benefits
Creator
Freeman, Olivia Esther; Zerriffi, Hisham
Publisher
The Forestry Chronicle
Date Issued
2012-10
Description
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.
Subject
Cookstove; Carbon credit; Sustainable development; Indoor air pollution; Win-win benefits; Greenhouse gases; Black carbon; Clean Development Mechanism; Gold Standard
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. RES
Date Available
2013-10-18
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0132672
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/45294
Affiliation
Liu Institute for Global Issues; Science, Faculty of; Arts, Faculty of; Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES), Institute for
Citation
Freeman, Olivia E., Zerriffi, Hisham. Carbon credits for cookstoves: trade-offs in climate and health benefits. The Forestry Chronicle, 2012, 88(5): 600-608, 10.5558/tfc2012-112
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Copyright Holder
The Forestry Chronicle
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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