Carbon Insetting to Confront Climate Change, Improve Farmer Livelihoods, and Enhance Supply Chain

Security

Partners and Roles

• Vulnerability

• Vulnerability Study = Exposure, Sensitivity, Capacity

• Emissions Estimate

• Generating Carbon CreditsProject

Coordinator• PIN & PDD

• Documentation for Learning & Replication

• Support for Emissions Estimate

The Sweet Spot of Carbon Insetting

THE ROAD MAP

Concepts - Vulnerability definition

Vulnerability

The degree to which a system is susceptible to, or

unable to cope with, adverse

effects of climate change

(IPCC 2001)

ExposureDegree of climate stress upon a particular

unit analysis

SensitivityDegree to which a system will be affected by,

or responsive to climate stimuli

Adaptive capacityPotential of a system to adjust to climate

change

GHG Emissions Baseline AssessmentI - Scope of the assessment

• Sources of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG)

• Steps included (boundaries of the assessment): • production of the coffee cherries• processing of the coffee cherries to green coffee beans• transportation to the warehouses in the port(s) of export

• Only organic farms were taken into account, would be very different from conventional

• Not coffee from “sun farms“ but shade grown coffee farms

• The assessment was made using the Cool Farm Tool

Emissions per kg of green coffee

The GHG Emissions estimate

calculated is 5.9 kg CO2e per kg of organically grown green coffee.

GHG Emissions Baseline AssessmentIII - Main sources of GHG emissions

CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND CARBON CREDIT INITIATIVE

1 carbon credit = 1 t CO2e captured

I. Different ways of generating carbon credits exist

II. Different standards with different focus exist to market agricultural carbon credits

PLAN VIVO

I.b - Carbon credit generation: most suitable activities

• Afforestation/Reforestation• Trees are planted on areas that are

currently non-forest, in order to establish a forest, plantation or agroforestry system

• The newly planted trees will sequester carbon that was not sequestered before

• Avoided Deforestation (aka REDD)• Deforestation is taking place or very

likely to take place in the future• A system is implemented so that

forests are not cut down

I.c – Linking carbon credit generation to vulnerability A properly designed Forestry based carbon project

Reduce vulnerability to climate change

Generate carbon credits

Recommendations: • Diversify existing agroforestry systems (plant cacao, banana, avocado,

citrus trees)• Establish traditional polyculture coffee agroforestry sytems• Establish new agroforestry systems such as Quesungual • Establish silvi pastoral systems• Build live fences

Investment Strategy

Adaptation / Resilience1) Improve and diversify current agroforestry systems. 2) Establish new agroforestry systems on available fallow land3) Improve water treatment, reducing use of firewood for boiling4) Promote soil conservation practices for fertility and sequestration5) Promote adequate fertilization based on soil testing to increase productivity and reduce emissions.

Reduced Emissions Investments in bio-digesters and waste water treatment systems at the farm or centralized level to capture and burn methane during wet mill processing (depulping, fermenting and washing coffee).

Carbon sequestration1. Afforestation / Reforestation for carbon credits with Plan Vivo2. Avoided Deforestation for carbon credits with Plan Vivo on 1300 ha

Learning

In Site Selection, combine carbon potential with CC vulnerability reduction, local stakeholder interest, and private sector engagement

If possible, implement project with longstanding partners who are trusted in communities

Combine as component in larger value chains initiative

Consider activities for GHG Sequestration / Reduction that contribute to supply chain viability (trees used for shade)

Have a parallel inset marketing strategy from the beginning.

Technical expertise in PDD process was critical