Global S&T Development Trend Analysis Platform of Resources and Environment
DOI | 10.1289/EHP342 |
Climate and Health Co-Benefits in Low-Income Countries: A Case Study of Carbon Financed Water Filters in Kenya and a Call for Independent Monitoring | |
Pickering, Amy J.1,2; Arnold, Benjamin F.3; Dentz, Holly N.4,5; Colford, John M., Jr.3; Null, Clair5,6 | |
2017-03-01 | |
发表期刊 | ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES
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ISSN | 0091-6765 |
EISSN | 1552-9924 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 125期号:3 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA; Kenya |
英文摘要 | Background: The recent global climate agreement in Paris aims to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions while fostering sustainable development and establishes an international trading mechanism to meet this goal. Currently, carbon offset program implementers are allowed to collect their own monitoring data to determine the number of carbon credits to be awarded. Objectives: We summarize reasons for mandating independent monitoring of greenhouse gas emission reduction projects. In support of our policy recommendations, we describe a case study of a program designed to earn carbon credits by distributing almost one million drinking water filters in rural Kenya to avert the use of fuel for boiling water. We compare results from an assessment conducted by our research team in the program area among households with pregnant women or caregivers in rural villages with low piped water access with the reported program monitoring data and discuss the implications. Discussion: Our assessment in Kenya found lower levels of household water filter usage than the internal program monitoring reported estimates used to determine carbon credits; we found 19% ( n = 4,041) of households reported filter usage 2-3 years after filter distribution compared to the program stated usage rate of 81% ( n = 14,988) 2.7 years after filter distribution. Although carbon financing could be a financially sustainable approach to scale up water treatment and improve health in low-income settings, these results suggest program effectiveness will remain uncertain in the absence of requiring monitoring data be collected by third-party organizations. Conclusion: Independent monitoring should be a key requirement for carbon credit verification in future international carbon trading mechanisms to ensure programs achieve benefits in line with sustainable development goals. Citation: Pickering AJ, Arnold BF, Dentz HN, Colford JM Jr., Null C. 2017. Climate and health co-benefits in low-income countries: a case study of carbon financed water filters in Kenya and a call for independent monitoring. Environ Health Perspect 125: 278-283; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP342 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000395714400006 |
WOS关键词 | RURAL GUATEMALA ; DRINKING-WATER ; SANITATION ; HYGIENE ; BURDEN |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ; Toxicology |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ; Toxicology |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/22727 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Stanford Univ, Civil & Environm Engn, 473 Via Ortega,Y2E2 Bldg,Room 247, Stanford, CA 94305 USA; 2.Stanford Univ, Ctr Innovat Global Hlth, Stanford, CA 94305 USA; 3.Univ Calif Berkeley, Sch Publ Hlth, Div Epidemiol, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA; 4.Univ Calif Davis, Dept Nutr, Davis, CA 95616 USA; 5.Innovat Poverty Act, Nairobi, Kenya; 6.Math Policy Res, Washington, DC USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Pickering, Amy J.,Arnold, Benjamin F.,Dentz, Holly N.,et al. Climate and Health Co-Benefits in Low-Income Countries: A Case Study of Carbon Financed Water Filters in Kenya and a Call for Independent Monitoring[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES,2017,125(3). |
APA | Pickering, Amy J.,Arnold, Benjamin F.,Dentz, Holly N.,Colford, John M., Jr.,&Null, Clair.(2017).Climate and Health Co-Benefits in Low-Income Countries: A Case Study of Carbon Financed Water Filters in Kenya and a Call for Independent Monitoring.ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES,125(3). |
MLA | Pickering, Amy J.,et al."Climate and Health Co-Benefits in Low-Income Countries: A Case Study of Carbon Financed Water Filters in Kenya and a Call for Independent Monitoring".ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 125.3(2017). |
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