The Mitigation Task Group

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The Mitigation Task Group

• Johannes Buckle
• Jim Jordahl
• Juan van den Broeck
• Sarah White Mack
• Suzanne Adams
• Priscilla Bloomfield
• Diego Rosso
• María Florencia Clavin
• Diego Rodriguez
• Saeed Al Zak
• Mohan Radhakrishan
• Ayan Biswas
• Daniel A. Nolasco
• USA, Canada, Argentina, Italy, Uruguay, Ghana,
  India, and South Africa

• Rather than aiming at completeness, fostering
  fruitful discussion on
• Ongoing research needs
• CO2e trading and methodology needs
• Mitigation and wetlands
• Mitigation activities outside Kyoto Protocol
• Linking mitigation and adaptation

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Guiding thoughts

• Its not all about energy a big part of the
  mitigation effort in developing countries is
  through CH4 capture flaring.
• ? yet, we need to get developed countries on
  board as well, so feel free to add energy
  efficiency !!
• The way we measure footprints, baselines, and
  project emissions vary widely whether we are
  within or outside Kyoto. We need a common
  standard for water utilities ? now or never !
• CDM Kyoto methodologies help, but need
  improvement.

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Guiding thoughts (cont.)

• Need to balance wastewater treatment levels with
  emissions how much GHG emissions are we willing
  to accept in order to get a pristine effluent?
• N2O may not be as small as we initially thought !
  ? research needs
• When considering treatment alternatives, such as
  wetlands, C footprint is an inadequate criterion
  ? full life cycle analysis including net
  environmental benefits (e.g., habitat
  restoration) will provide a more robust
  assessment need to build consensus
• Important to track what goes on in the USA
• Work needed on establishing the link between
  mitigation adaptation pursue mitigation
  options that facilitate climate change
  adaptation.