The Prototype Carbon Fund in Latin America : Lessons Learned
Reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that affect climate change is one of the key challenges facing the international community. The Bank's Prototype Carbon Fund (PCF) provides a framework for action, learning, and r...
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okr-10986-104002021-04-23T14:02:50Z The Prototype Carbon Fund in Latin America : Lessons Learned Fernandez-Asin, Francisco CARBON DIOXIDE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION WIND POWER SOLID WASTE GAS FLARING CHARCOAL RICE HUSKS CLIMATE CHANGE BAGASSE BIOMASS METHANE ABATEMENT AFFORESTATION BAGASSE COGENERATION BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIOMASS CARBON CARBON CREDITS CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON FINANCE CATALYSTS CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONS CLEAN DEVELOPMENT CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLEAN ENERGY CLEAN WATER CLEANER ENERGY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS COAL CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE COSTS OF COMPLIANCE DIESEL DISTRICT HEATING ELECTRICITY EMISSIONS EMISSIONS BASELINES EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS END-USE ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY RESOURCES FORESTRY FOSSIL FUELS FUEL FUEL SWITCH GAS ENERGY GAS FLARING GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION TRANSACTIONS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HYDRO POWER INCOME IRON IRON PRODUCTION KYOTO PROTOCOL LAND DEGRADATION LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE METHANE METHANE EMISSION METHANE EMISSION REDUCTIONS METHANE EMISSIONS MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE NATIONAL GRID QUALITY EMISSION REDUCTIONS QUALITY GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTIONS REDUCING CLIMATE CHANGE REDUCING EMISSIONS REFORESTATION RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES RICE HUSK RURAL ELECTRIFICATION SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WASTE WASTE MANAGEMENT WATERSHED WIND WIND ENERGY WIND FARM WIND FARMS WIND POWER WIND PROJECT WORLD EMISSIONS Reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that affect climate change is one of the key challenges facing the international community. The Bank's Prototype Carbon Fund (PCF) provides a framework for action, learning, and research to demonstrate how greenhouse gas emission reduction transactions can contribute to sustainable development, while lowering the costs of compliance with the Kyoto Protocol-the 1997 agreement to cut industrialized world emissions of greenhouse gases. The Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) Region has a growing number of successful Prototype Carbon Fund (PCF) projects that have yielded useful experience for developing additional projects. This note highlights the lessons learned in the region, to date. The PCF is a public-private fund established in 2000 and administered by the World Bank acting as Trustee. It operates under the clean development mechanism principles of the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The PCF aims to demonstrate the potential of market-based mechanisms for reducing the cost of mitigating climate change. It does this by buying Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) from projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Bank client countries, particularly projects that replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources and those that improve end-use and supply-side efficiency. In return for their shares in the PCF, developed country governments and private sector companies receive CERs, which they can use towards their obligations under the Kyoto Protocol or domestic regulations. 2012-08-13T11:21:29Z 2012-08-13T11:21:29Z 2002-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/11/2513635/prototype-carbon-fund-latin-america-lessons-learned http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10400 English en breve; No. 13 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean |
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CARBON DIOXIDE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION WIND POWER SOLID WASTE GAS FLARING CHARCOAL RICE HUSKS CLIMATE CHANGE BAGASSE BIOMASS METHANE ABATEMENT AFFORESTATION BAGASSE COGENERATION BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIOMASS CARBON CARBON CREDITS CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON FINANCE CATALYSTS CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONS CLEAN DEVELOPMENT CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLEAN ENERGY CLEAN WATER CLEANER ENERGY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS COAL CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE COSTS OF COMPLIANCE DIESEL DISTRICT HEATING ELECTRICITY EMISSIONS EMISSIONS BASELINES EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS END-USE ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY RESOURCES FORESTRY FOSSIL FUELS FUEL FUEL SWITCH GAS ENERGY GAS FLARING GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION TRANSACTIONS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HYDRO POWER INCOME IRON IRON PRODUCTION KYOTO PROTOCOL LAND DEGRADATION LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE METHANE METHANE EMISSION METHANE EMISSION REDUCTIONS METHANE EMISSIONS MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE NATIONAL GRID QUALITY EMISSION REDUCTIONS QUALITY GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTIONS REDUCING CLIMATE CHANGE REDUCING EMISSIONS REFORESTATION RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES RICE HUSK RURAL ELECTRIFICATION SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WASTE WASTE MANAGEMENT WATERSHED WIND WIND ENERGY WIND FARM WIND FARMS WIND POWER WIND PROJECT WORLD EMISSIONS |
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CARBON DIOXIDE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION WIND POWER SOLID WASTE GAS FLARING CHARCOAL RICE HUSKS CLIMATE CHANGE BAGASSE BIOMASS METHANE ABATEMENT AFFORESTATION BAGASSE COGENERATION BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIOMASS CARBON CARBON CREDITS CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON FINANCE CATALYSTS CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONS CLEAN DEVELOPMENT CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLEAN ENERGY CLEAN WATER CLEANER ENERGY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS COAL CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE COSTS OF COMPLIANCE DIESEL DISTRICT HEATING ELECTRICITY EMISSIONS EMISSIONS BASELINES EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS END-USE ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY RESOURCES FORESTRY FOSSIL FUELS FUEL FUEL SWITCH GAS ENERGY GAS FLARING GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION TRANSACTIONS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HYDRO POWER INCOME IRON IRON PRODUCTION KYOTO PROTOCOL LAND DEGRADATION LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE METHANE METHANE EMISSION METHANE EMISSION REDUCTIONS METHANE EMISSIONS MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE NATIONAL GRID QUALITY EMISSION REDUCTIONS QUALITY GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTIONS REDUCING CLIMATE CHANGE REDUCING EMISSIONS REFORESTATION RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES RICE HUSK RURAL ELECTRIFICATION SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WASTE WASTE MANAGEMENT WATERSHED WIND WIND ENERGY WIND FARM WIND FARMS WIND POWER WIND PROJECT WORLD EMISSIONS Fernandez-Asin, Francisco The Prototype Carbon Fund in Latin America : Lessons Learned |
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Reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and
other greenhouse gases that affect climate change is one of
the key challenges facing the international community. The
Bank's Prototype Carbon Fund (PCF) provides a framework
for action, learning, and research to demonstrate how
greenhouse gas emission reduction transactions can
contribute to sustainable development, while lowering the
costs of compliance with the Kyoto Protocol-the 1997
agreement to cut industrialized world emissions of
greenhouse gases. The Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC)
Region has a growing number of successful Prototype Carbon
Fund (PCF) projects that have yielded useful experience for
developing additional projects. This note highlights the
lessons learned in the region, to date. The PCF is a
public-private fund established in 2000 and administered by
the World Bank acting as Trustee. It operates under the
clean development mechanism principles of the Kyoto Protocol
to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The PCF aims to demonstrate the potential of market-based
mechanisms for reducing the cost of mitigating climate
change. It does this by buying Certified Emission Reductions
(CERs) from projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions in
Bank client countries, particularly projects that replace
fossil fuels with renewable energy sources and those that
improve end-use and supply-side efficiency. In return for
their shares in the PCF, developed country governments and
private sector companies receive CERs, which they can use
towards their obligations under the Kyoto Protocol or
domestic regulations. |
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Fernandez-Asin, Francisco |
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Fernandez-Asin, Francisco |
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Fernandez-Asin, Francisco |
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The Prototype Carbon Fund in Latin America : Lessons Learned |
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The Prototype Carbon Fund in Latin America : Lessons Learned |
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The Prototype Carbon Fund in Latin America : Lessons Learned |
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The Prototype Carbon Fund in Latin America : Lessons Learned |
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The Prototype Carbon Fund in Latin America : Lessons Learned |
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prototype carbon fund in latin america : lessons learned |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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