This analysis suggests that over the next 10 years, global trade patterns will be transformed by climate change, international mitigation, and natural-resource scarcity, resulting in an inevitable shift over time to a low-carbon global economy.
The study aims to estimate the mitigation potential for India, based on the GTAP global land classification system of agro-ecological zones (AEZs), as well the Indian AEZ system. The study also estimates the implications of carbon price incentive on mitigation potential in the short-, medium and long-term, since afforestation and reforestation (A&R) is constrained by lack of investment and financial incentives. The mitigation potential for short and long rotation plantations and natural regeneration was estimated using the GCOMAP global forest model for two land area scenarios.
The paper examines Bangladesh's moves to address environmental degradation and natural resource management. It stresses that although the first imperative of any organised socio-economic activity at any level should be to eradicate poverty, economic growth and environmental protection do not necessarily conflict.The paper examines environmental aspects of the energy, transport, agriculture and forestry sectors with special emphasis on present and future greenhouse gas emissions.
