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Do Climate Policies Contribute to Nature Conservation? On Biomass and Land Use in an AGE Approach
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Ignaciuk, Adriana M. Ruijs, Arjan Ierland, Ekko C. Van |
| Copyright Year | 2005 |
| Abstract | This paper deals with the economic interactions between biomass production, climate policies, nature conservation, and land use allocation. To investigate the possible transition from conventional electricity to biomass based electricity and its effects on land use and reestablishing natural areas a computable general equilibrium model is introduced. The model and its application to Poland illustrate the trade-off between production of biomass and ‘traditional’ agricultural goods. Three scenarios are presented and compared in context of (a) unilateral policy, and (b) multilateral policy. The results show that the first Polish policy target of achieving a 7.5 percent bioelectricity share in total electricity production can be achieved in all three scenarios. Moreover, for a small reduction of greenhouse gases 10 percent, the emission permit price is around 5 Euro per ton of carbon. This price increases to around 50 Euro per ton of carbon if the emission reduction is increased to 50 percent. Concerning land use allocation, Poland can substantially increase its semi-natural areas. As expected, prices of agricultural commodities increase due to competition for primary resources such as land. If the price of permits is around 30 Euro per ton of carbon, prices of agricultural commodities may rise by about 10 percent. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://edepot.wur.nl/32987 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
