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Quantification of economically feasible mitigation potential from agriculture, forestry and other land uses in Mexico

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Title Quantification of economically feasible mitigation potential from agriculture, forestry and other land uses in Mexico
 
Creator Sapkota, Tek Bahadur
Dittmer, Kyle M.
Ortiz Monasterio, Jose Iván
Mathivanan, Gokul Prasad
Sonder, Kai
Leyva, Juan Carlos
García, Miguel Angel
Monroy, Diana Ysimoto
Shelton, Sadie W.
Wollenberg, Eva K.
 
Subject agriculture
forestry
greenhouse gases
land use
mitigation
 
Description Countries often lack methods for rapidly, but robustly determining greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation actions and their impacts comprehensively in the land use sector to support commitments to the Paris Agreement. We present rapid assessment methods based on easily available spatial data and adoption costs for mitigation related to crops, livestock and forestry to identify priority locations and actions. Applying the methods for the case of Mexico, we found a national mitigation potential of 87.88 million tons (Mt) CO2eq yr−1, comprising 7.91, 7.66 and 72.31 Mt CO2eq yr−1 from crops, livestock and forestry/agro-forestry, respectively. At the state level, mitigation potentials were highest in Chiapas (13 Mt CO2eq) followed by Campeche (8 Mt CO2eq). Eleven states had a land use mitigation potential between 2.5 to 6.5 Mt CO2eq, while other states had mitigation potentials of less than 2 Mt CO2eq. Mitigation options for crops and livestock could reduce 60% and 6% of the respective emissions. Mitigation options for forestry could reduce emissions by half. If properly implemented, mitigation potentials on cropland can be realized with net benefits, compared to livestock and forestry options, which involve net costs. The method supports science-based priority setting of mitigation actions by location and subsector and should help inform future policy and implementation of countries’ nationally determined contributions.
 
Date 2022-01-02
2023-01-19T11:12:01Z
2023-01-19T11:12:01Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Sapkota, T. B., Dittmer, K. M., Ortiz-Monasterio, I., Mathivanan, G. P., Sonder, K., Leyva, J. C., Angel Garcia, M., Ysimoto Monroy, D., Shelton, S., & Wollenberg, E. (2022). Quantification of economically feasible mitigation potential from agriculture, forestry and other land uses in Mexico. Carbon Management, 13(1), 594–607. https://hdl.handle.net/10883/22352
1758-3004
1758-3012
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127527
https://hdl.handle.net/10883/22352
https://doi.org/10.1080/17583004.2022.2151939
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 594-607
application/pdf
 
Publisher Informa UK Limited
 
Source Carbon Management