Land-Based Mitigation Strategies under the Mid-Term Carbon Reduction Targets in Indonesia

Tomoko Hasegawa, Shinichiro Fujimori, Rizaldi Boer, Gito Sugih Immanuel and Toshihiko Masui
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Tomoko Hasegawa: Center for Social and Environmental Systems research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba 305-8506, Japan
Shinichiro Fujimori: Center for Social and Environmental Systems research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba 305-8506, Japan
Rizaldi Boer: Center for Climate Risk and Opportunity Management in Southeast Asia Pacific (CCROM-SEAP), Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor 16143, Indonesia
Gito Sugih Immanuel: Center for Climate Risk and Opportunity Management in Southeast Asia Pacific (CCROM-SEAP), Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor 16143, Indonesia
Toshihiko Masui: Center for Social and Environmental Systems research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba 305-8506, Japan

Sustainability, 2016, vol. 8, issue 12, 1-12

Abstract: We investigated the key mitigation options for achieving the mid-term target for carbon emission reduction in Indonesia. A computable general equilibrium model coupled with a land-based mitigation technology model was used to evaluate specific mitigation options within the whole economic framework. The results revealed three primary findings: (1) If no climate policy were implemented, Indonesia’s total greenhouse gas emissions would reach 3.0 GtCO 2 eq by 2030; (2) To reduce carbon emissions to meet the latest Intended Nationally-Determined Contributions (INDC) target, ~58% of total reductions should come from the agriculture, forestry and other land use sectors by implementing forest protection, afforestation and plantation efforts; (3) A higher carbon price in 2020 suggests that meeting the 2020 target would be economically challenging, whereas the INDC target for 2030 would be more economically realistic in Indonesia.

Keywords: climate change; land use change; agriculture; mitigation options; INDC (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions); Indonesia; computable general equilibrium model; technology model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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