The Social Dimensions
of Mitigation
Greenhouse Gas Inventory Roundtable Meeting
ILRI, Nairobi, 3-4 May 2016
Todd A. Crane
Baseline,
Practices & EFs
Experimentation
& Socio-institutional
analysis
On-farm &
institutional
experiments & MRV
testing
Input for LED planning,
pursuit of NAMA targets
Potential LED implementation
Mechanisms identified
Outreach to LED & Climate
finance institutions
Climate finance mechanisms
support CSA technologies
- Tested MRVs
- Functioning CF institutions
Year1Year2Year3Year5Year4 country level
country level
3 counties
3 counties
Adoption of CSA
practices for
greening livestock
Social Dimensions of Mitigation
Funders:
IFAD &
CCAFS
2 counties
2 counties
Baseline,
Practices & EFs
Experimentation
& Socio-institutional
analysis
On-farm &
institutional
experiments & MRV
testing
Input for LED planning,
pursuit of NAMA targets
Potential LED implementation
Mechanisms identified
Outreach to LED & Climate
finance institutions
Climate finance mechanisms
support CSA technologies
- Tested MRVs
- Functioning CF institutions
Year1Year2Year3Year5Year4 country level
country level
3 counties
3 counties
Adoption of CSA
practices for
greening livestock
Social Dimensions of Mitigation
Funders:
IFAD &
CCAFS
2 counties
2 counties
Social Dimensions of Mitigation
• Technologies for mitigation
– Efficiency
– Productivity
– Profitability
• Policies for mitigation
– Climate Finance mechanisms
– Carbon and GHG sequestration payments
Social Dimensions of Mitigation
• Current system
– Weak integration of smallholders in formal markets
– No incentives to reduce GHG emissions
– Incentive for productivity, but several barriers exist
– Social organization affects change
• Technical practices done in social contexts
• Different practices work in different contexts
Social Dimensions of Mitigation
• Production practices shaped by
– Social distribution of
• Labor
• Resource control
• Benefit
– Value chain organization
• Access to inputs
• Standards imposed by formal processors
• Technical support
• Social, financial, and technical barriers
Social Dimensions of Mitigation
• Research activities
– Analyse value chains, social institutions, and HH
dynamics affecting technical practices
• What barriers to upgrading do different types of producers
face and how can these be overcome?
• Which practices work for which producers?
• What are enabling factors of practices and drivers of technical
change?
Social Dimensions of Mitigation
• Research activities
– Analyse value chains, social institutions, and HH
dynamics affecting technical practices
– Identify policy mechanisms to incentivize practices:
• More profitable dairy production
• Reduction of GHG emission factors
• Rural development goals
Social Dimensions of Mitigation
• Research activities
– Analyse value chains, social institutions, and HH
dynamics affecting technical practices
– Identify policy mechanisms to incentivize practices
• Impact activities
– Assessment of LED dairy technologies
– Development of dairy NAMA
Baseline,
Practices & EFs
Experimentation
& Socio-institutional
analysis
On-farm &
institutional
experiments & MRV
testing
Input for LED planning,
pursuit of NAMA targets
Potential LED implementation
Mechanisms identified
Outreach to LED & Climate
finance institutions
Climate finance mechanisms
support CSA technologies
- Tested MRVs
- Functioning CF institutions
Year1Year2Year3Year5Year4 country level
country level
3 counties
3 counties
Adoption of CSA
practices for
greening livestock
Questions??
2 counties
2 counties

The social dimensions of mitigation

  • 1.
    The Social Dimensions ofMitigation Greenhouse Gas Inventory Roundtable Meeting ILRI, Nairobi, 3-4 May 2016 Todd A. Crane
  • 2.
    Baseline, Practices & EFs Experimentation &Socio-institutional analysis On-farm & institutional experiments & MRV testing Input for LED planning, pursuit of NAMA targets Potential LED implementation Mechanisms identified Outreach to LED & Climate finance institutions Climate finance mechanisms support CSA technologies - Tested MRVs - Functioning CF institutions Year1Year2Year3Year5Year4 country level country level 3 counties 3 counties Adoption of CSA practices for greening livestock Social Dimensions of Mitigation Funders: IFAD & CCAFS 2 counties 2 counties
  • 3.
    Baseline, Practices & EFs Experimentation &Socio-institutional analysis On-farm & institutional experiments & MRV testing Input for LED planning, pursuit of NAMA targets Potential LED implementation Mechanisms identified Outreach to LED & Climate finance institutions Climate finance mechanisms support CSA technologies - Tested MRVs - Functioning CF institutions Year1Year2Year3Year5Year4 country level country level 3 counties 3 counties Adoption of CSA practices for greening livestock Social Dimensions of Mitigation Funders: IFAD & CCAFS 2 counties 2 counties
  • 4.
    Social Dimensions ofMitigation • Technologies for mitigation – Efficiency – Productivity – Profitability • Policies for mitigation – Climate Finance mechanisms – Carbon and GHG sequestration payments
  • 5.
    Social Dimensions ofMitigation • Current system – Weak integration of smallholders in formal markets – No incentives to reduce GHG emissions – Incentive for productivity, but several barriers exist – Social organization affects change • Technical practices done in social contexts • Different practices work in different contexts
  • 6.
    Social Dimensions ofMitigation • Production practices shaped by – Social distribution of • Labor • Resource control • Benefit – Value chain organization • Access to inputs • Standards imposed by formal processors • Technical support • Social, financial, and technical barriers
  • 7.
    Social Dimensions ofMitigation • Research activities – Analyse value chains, social institutions, and HH dynamics affecting technical practices • What barriers to upgrading do different types of producers face and how can these be overcome? • Which practices work for which producers? • What are enabling factors of practices and drivers of technical change?
  • 8.
    Social Dimensions ofMitigation • Research activities – Analyse value chains, social institutions, and HH dynamics affecting technical practices – Identify policy mechanisms to incentivize practices: • More profitable dairy production • Reduction of GHG emission factors • Rural development goals
  • 9.
    Social Dimensions ofMitigation • Research activities – Analyse value chains, social institutions, and HH dynamics affecting technical practices – Identify policy mechanisms to incentivize practices • Impact activities – Assessment of LED dairy technologies – Development of dairy NAMA
  • 10.
    Baseline, Practices & EFs Experimentation &Socio-institutional analysis On-farm & institutional experiments & MRV testing Input for LED planning, pursuit of NAMA targets Potential LED implementation Mechanisms identified Outreach to LED & Climate finance institutions Climate finance mechanisms support CSA technologies - Tested MRVs - Functioning CF institutions Year1Year2Year3Year5Year4 country level country level 3 counties 3 counties Adoption of CSA practices for greening livestock Questions?? 2 counties 2 counties

Editor's Notes

  • #2 Presentation objectives Outlining social science research agenda for mitigation Bringing mitigation research into practice Technological change Policy mechanisms
  • #6 Families, Neighborhoods, Cooperatives, Value chains, counties and countries.
  • #8 Families, Neighborhoods, Cooperatives, Value chain, counties and countries.
  • #9 Families, Neighborhoods, Cooperatives, Value chain, counties and countries.
  • #10 Families, Neighborhoods, Cooperatives, Value chain, counties and countries.