Estimating the potential of greenhouse gas mitigation in Kazakhstan

@article{248, abstract = {As part of the studies related to the obligations of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Republic of Kazakhstan started activities to inventory greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and assess of GHG mitigation options. The objective of this paper is to present an estimate of the possibility of mitigating GHG emissions and determine the mitigation priorities. It presents a compilation of the possible options and their assessment in terms of major criteria and implementation feasibility. Taking into account the structure of GHG emissions in Kazakhstan in 1990, preliminary estimates of the potential for mitigation are presented for eight options for the energy sector and agriculture and forestry sector. The reference scenario prepared by expert assessments assumes a reduction of CO2\_emissions in 1996-1998 by about 26 from the 1990 level due to general economic decline, but then emissions increase. it is estimated that the total potential for the mitigation of CO2\_emissions for the year 2000 is 3\% of the CO2\_emissions in the reference scenario. The annual reduction in methane emissions due to the estimated options can amount to 5\%-6\% of the 1990 level}, author = {Monacrovich, E. and Pilifosova, O. and Danchuk, D. and Papafanasopulo, G. and Inozemtseva, N. }, citeulike-article-id = {1307191}, journal = {Environmental Management}, keywords = {agriculture, climate, climate\_change, co2, decline, economic, emissions, energy, fif, forestry, ghg\_emissions\_inventory, greenhouse, greenhouse\_gas, increase, inventory, kazakhstan, methane, mitigation, mitigation\_options}, pages = {S57--S64}, posted-at = {2007-05-19 02:13:57}, priority = {2}, title = {Estimating the potential of greenhouse gas mitigation in Kazakhstan}, volume = {20}, year = {1996} }

TY - JOUR ID - 248 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1307191 TI - Estimating the potential of greenhouse gas mitigation in Kazakhstan JF - Environmental Management VL - 20 SP - S57 EP - S64 N2 - As part of the studies related to the obligations of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Republic of Kazakhstan started activities to inventory greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and assess of GHG mitigation options. The objective of this paper is to present an estimate of the possibility of mitigating GHG emissions and determine the mitigation priorities. It presents a compilation of the possible options and their assessment in terms of major criteria and implementation feasibility. Taking into account the structure of GHG emissions in Kazakhstan in 1990, preliminary estimates of the potential for mitigation are presented for eight options for the energy sector and agriculture and forestry sector. The reference scenario prepared by expert assessments assumes a reduction of CO2_emissions in 1996-1998 by about 26 from the 1990 level due to general economic decline, but then emissions increase. it is estimated that the total potential for the mitigation of CO2_emissions for the year 2000 is 3% of the CO2_emissions in the reference scenario. The annual reduction in methane emissions due to the estimated options can amount to 5%-6% of the 1990 level KW - agriculture KW - climate KW - climate_change KW - co2 KW - decline KW - economic KW - emissions KW - energy KW - fif KW - forestry KW - ghg_emissions_inventory KW - greenhouse KW - greenhouse_gas KW - increase KW - inventory KW - kazakhstan KW - methane KW - mitigation KW - mitigation_options AU - Monacrovich, E AU - Pilifosova, O AU - Danchuk, D AU - Papafanasopulo, G AU - Inozemtseva, N PY - 1996/// ER -