Greenhouse gas abatement in Senegal A case study of least-cost options

ENDA has carried out a case study that examines the technical and financial frameworks needed by a sub-Saharan country such as Senegal to contribute to international greenhouse gas abatement efforts whilst at the same time guaranteeing its social and economic development. The study was part of the UNEP Greenhouse Gas Costing Studies. The first stage of the study was to make a preliminary inventory of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the base year 1988. Following this seven no regret technical options for emission reduction were investigated and the costs calculated, allowing the identification of three least-cost options. The three least-cost options must be implemented first because of their negative costs. The economic benefits of both abatement scenarios are characterized by a negative global cost whatever the discount rate is