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Co2 And H2o: Understanding Different Stakeholder Perspectives On The Use Of Carbon Credits To Finance Household Water Treatment Projects., Sarah K. Summers, Rochelle Rainey, Maneet Kaur, Jay P. Graham
Co2 And H2o: Understanding Different Stakeholder Perspectives On The Use Of Carbon Credits To Finance Household Water Treatment Projects., Sarah K. Summers, Rochelle Rainey, Maneet Kaur, Jay P. Graham
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Background
Carbon credits are an increasingly prevalent market-based mechanism used to subsidize household water treatment technologies (HWT). This involves generating credits through the reduction of carbon emissions from boiling water by providing a technology that reduces greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change. Proponents claim this process delivers health and environmental benefits by providing clean drinking water and reducing greenhouse gases. Selling carbon credits associated with HWT projects requires rigorous monitoring to ensure households are using the HWT and achieving the desired benefits of the device. Critics have suggested that the technologies provide neither the benefits of clean water nor …