1.3 Best Practices Summary Charts
A summary of best practices for over 70 climate change action areas is
presented in a series of charts, organized into 11 categories.
For each action area, available information on the characteristics, climate
change impact, issues related to implementation and information
resources/contacts is provided. The Best Practices Summary Charts provide
a synopsis of this information (presented in Chapters 2 through 12) to
facilitate screening and comparison of the alternative climate change actions.
The first column indicates the level of experience associated with
deploying the climate change action (low-to-high). The second column
relates the commercial benefit of the action-i.e., an action labeled "high"
indicates that it makes commercial sense independent of any GHG benefit,
while an action marked "low" requires GHG mitigation benefits to make
commercial sense. The third column identifies the type of CO2 mitigation
action: avoid, offset or reduce. The next column provides an assessment
of the degree of mitigation: high-to-low. When available, the last column
indicates the CO2 cost-effectiveness of the action.
For instance, coal pretreatment and beneficiation (3.3) is an action that
has a high commercial benefit-this action makes economic sense regardless
of its environmental benefit. It also reduces carbon for a relatively low
cost per metric ton, although companies have a relatively low level of
experience with this practice.
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Level of Experience with Deployment of Action:
H = High M = Moderate L = Low
Commercial Benefit:
H = High (action makes commercial sense independent of any GHG benefit)
M = Moderate (action is marginally cost-effective, but a benefit from GHG mitigation improves economics)
L = (action requires GHG mitigation benefit to make commercial sense)
Degree of Mitigation (number of MtC avoided/offset/reduced):
H = High
M = Moderate
L = Low
Type of CO2 Mitigation Achieved:
A = Avoided
O = Offset
R = Reduced
CO2 Cost-Effectiveness:
H = high cost per ton/C avoided/offset/reduced
M = moderate cost per ton/C avoided/offset/reduced
L = low cost per ton/C avoided/offset/reduced
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