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标题：Carbon Sinks and Reservoirs: The Value of Permanence and Role of Discounting
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作者：Benitez, Pablo C. ; van Kooten, G. Cornelis
期刊名称：Journal of Agribusiness
印刷版ISSN：0738-8950
出版年度：2005
出版社：Journal of Agribusiness
摘要：Scientists are enthusiastic about storing carbon in terrestrial sinks and geological reservoirs in order to obviate the need for lifestyle-changing reductions in fossil-fuel use. Estimating relative costs of various options depends on how permanence is assessed and whether physical carbon is discounted. We demonstrate that, in carbon markets, terrestrial sinks credits cannot be traded one-for-one for emission reduction credits and the conversion factor would depend on how long sinks keep CO2 out of the atmosphere as compared with emission reductions and, discounting physical carbon. As a result, the authority could not determine a conversion factor and the market would be required to do so.
关键词：climate change;carbon offset;carbon sinks;discounting physical carbon