Kyoto Environment and Development Seminar on Jan. 13 [for Members and Generals]

The Kyoto Environment and Development seminar series (zoom) are open to anyone, and so feel free to join us.
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Kyoto Environment and Development Seminar #7

Date &Time: January 13, 2022, Thursday, 10:30-12:00 (JST)
Language: English
Venue: Zoom Web Seminar
Registration: meeting/register/tZwsdu-opz4iH9DJlcNm1_cBPaAYEAo-rhpn
Speaker: Yimeng Du (Kyoto University)
Title: Can climate mitigation help the poor? Measuring impacts of the renewable energy-related CDM projects in rural China

Abstract:

This study examines whether investment in climate change mitigation contributes to poverty alleviation. We investigate the impacts of the renewable energy-based clean development mechanism (RE-CDM) projects on rural communities in China. The impacts of RE-CDM projects are estimated by combining propensity score matching with the difference-in-differences approach. We found that the biomass-based CDM projects significantly contribute to income improvement and employment generation in rural communities in China. Our estimation results also reveal that wind energy-based CDM projects have the potential to increase income and the share of labor force in the primary industry in rural areas. These results suggest different channels through which renewable energy sources affect income.

Contact

Division of Natural Resource Economics
Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University

Chair: Chieko Umetsu (Division of Natural Resource Economics, Kyoto University)
Organizers: Junichi Ito, Yohei Mitani, Ken Miura, Chieko Umetsu
Contact: Ken Miura [at] (replace [at] with @)