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Reducing emissions from agriculture to meet the 2°C target

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Title Reducing emissions from agriculture to meet the 2°C target
 
Creator Wollenberg, Eva K.
Richards, Meryl B.
Smith, Pete
Havlík, Petr
Obersteiner, Michael
Tubiello, F.N.
Herold, Martin
Gerber, Pierre J.
Carter, S.
Reisinger, Andy
Vuuren, D. van
Dickie, A
Neufeldt, Henry
Sander, Björn Ole
Wassmann, Reiner
Sommer, Rolf
Amonette, JE
Falcucci, A.
Herrero, Mario T.
Opio, C.
Román Cuesta, Rosa María
Stehfest, Elke
Westhoek, H.J.
Ortiz Monasterio, Ivan
Sapkota, Tek Bahadur
Rufino, Mariana C.
Thornton, Philip K.
Verchot, Louis V.
West, Paul C.
Soussana, J.F.
Baedeker, Tobias
Sadler, M
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
Campbell, Bruce M.
 
Subject climate change
agriculture
food security
 
Description More than 100 countries pledged to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Richards et al., 2015a) in the 2015 Paris Agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Yet technical information about how much mitigation is needed in the sector versus how much is feasible remains poor. We identify a preliminary global target for reducing emissions from agriculture of ~1 GtCO2e/yr by 2030 to limit warming in 2100 to 2°C above pre-industrial levels. Yet plausible agricultural development pathways with mitigation co-benefits deliver only 21 to 40% of needed mitigation. The target indicates that more transformative technical and policy options will be needed, such as methane inhibitors and finance for new practices. A more comprehensive target for the 2°C limit should be developed to include soil carbon and agriculture-related mitigation options. Excluding agricultural emissions from mitigation targets and plans will increase the cost of mitigation in other sectors or reduce the feasibility of meeting the 2°C limit.
 
Date 2016-12
2016-05-17T13:08:53Z
2016-05-17T13:08:53Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Wollenberg E, Richards M, Smith P, Havlík P, Obersteiner M, Tubiello FN, Herold M, Gerber P, Carter S, Reisinger A, van Vuuren D, Dickie A, Neufeldt H, Sander BO, Wassman R, Sommer R, Amonette JE, Falcucci A, Herrero M, Opio C, Roman-Cuesta R, Stehfest E, Westhoek H, Ortiz-Monasterio I, Sapkota T, Rufino MC, Thornton PK, Verchot L, West PC, Soussana JF, Baedeker T, Sadler M, Vermeulen S, Campbell BM. 2016. Reducing emissions from agriculture to meet the 2°C target. Global Change Biology. 22(12):3859-3864.
1354-1013
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/73438
https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13340
Regenerating Degraded Agricultural Ecosystems
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 3859-3864
 
Publisher Wiley
 
Source Global Change Biology