Analysis of the effectiveness of the proposed net emissions avoided

Abstract

Scientists agree that global warming exists and has direct effects on humanity and the planet. Consequently, this phenomenon influences humans and their behavior towards conservation of the planet, looking for ways in which society can reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and their impact on the environment. At international levels, many efforts have been made to create agreements and mechanisms with the aim of avoiding, mitigating or remedying environmental problems. In 2010, Ecuador presented to the Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change an innovative proposal called Net Avoided Emissions, which stated the creation of a market mechanism, where the nations that produced the greatest pollution would compensate economically those countries with natural resources and biodiverse ecosystems if they did not exploit their deposits. Therefore, the Ecuadorian Government promoted the Yasuní Initiative on an individual basis, which was an opportunity to encourage international cohesion with actions towards facing global warming. However, although the initiative was supported by certain countries, it was not enough to compensate the opportunity cost of exploiting the block ITT of the National Park Yasuni. This bibliographic research, through a qualitative analysis, tried to determine circumstances that influence the rejection of the proposal and the loss of its validity. At the same time, it was intended to determine elements that give greater relevance to the proposal of ENE that can serve as input for the Ecuadorian technical team that will participate in the next Conference of the Parties.