Repositioning agricultural support policies for achieving China’s 2060 carbon neutrality goal
Agrifood systems are both a contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and an important sector for achieving China’s 2060 carbon neutrality goal and mitigating climate change. Rising global temperatures and frequent extreme weather have greatly weakened agricultural production capacity (IPCC, 202...
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| author | Feng, Xialong Zhang, Yumei Wu, Zongyi Fan, Shenggen Chen, Kevin Z. |
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| description | Agrifood systems are both a contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and an important sector for achieving China’s 2060 carbon neutrality goal and mitigating climate change. Rising global temperatures and frequent extreme weather have greatly weakened agricultural production capacity (IPCC, 2021). The need to mitigate climate change by reducing GHG emissions has global consensus. In 2020, the Chinese government made an important commitment toward peaking its carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060. Under China’s 2060 carbon neutrality goal, the contribution of agrifood systems to GHG emissions reduction cannot be ignored. According to estimates by the Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy (AGFEP) at China Agricultural University (AGFEP, 2021), GHG emissions from agrifood systems reached 1.09 billion metric tons (t) of CO2eq in 2018, accounting for 8.2 percent of total national GHG emissions. While ensuring food security as the top national priority, the combined measures can reduce GHG emissions by 47 percent by 2060, compared to 2020 levels; these measures include improving agricultural technologies, reducing food loss and waste, and shifting dietary patterns. When coupled with the carbon sequestration of land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), agrifood systems can contribute significantly to achieving carbon neutrality (AGFEP, 2021). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1410722025-12-08T10:11:39Z Repositioning agricultural support policies for achieving China’s 2060 carbon neutrality goal Feng, Xialong Zhang, Yumei Wu, Zongyi Fan, Shenggen Chen, Kevin Z. greenhouse gases carbon dioxide weather hazards food wastes agricultural products land use agrifood systems agricultural technologies food security temperature carbon emissions diet climate change Agrifood systems are both a contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and an important sector for achieving China’s 2060 carbon neutrality goal and mitigating climate change. Rising global temperatures and frequent extreme weather have greatly weakened agricultural production capacity (IPCC, 2021). The need to mitigate climate change by reducing GHG emissions has global consensus. In 2020, the Chinese government made an important commitment toward peaking its carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060. Under China’s 2060 carbon neutrality goal, the contribution of agrifood systems to GHG emissions reduction cannot be ignored. According to estimates by the Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy (AGFEP) at China Agricultural University (AGFEP, 2021), GHG emissions from agrifood systems reached 1.09 billion metric tons (t) of CO2eq in 2018, accounting for 8.2 percent of total national GHG emissions. While ensuring food security as the top national priority, the combined measures can reduce GHG emissions by 47 percent by 2060, compared to 2020 levels; these measures include improving agricultural technologies, reducing food loss and waste, and shifting dietary patterns. When coupled with the carbon sequestration of land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), agrifood systems can contribute significantly to achieving carbon neutrality (AGFEP, 2021). 2022-12-01 2024-04-12T13:37:13Z 2024-04-12T13:37:13Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141072 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126227 Open Access Feng, Xialong; Zhang, Yumei; Wu, Zongyi; Fan, Shenggen; and Chen, Kevin Z. 2022. Repositioning agricultural support policies for achieving China’s 2060 carbon neutrality goal. In China and global food policy report 2022: Reforming agricultural support policy for transforming agrifood systems. Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy, China Agricultural University (AGFEP); China Academy for Rural Development, Zhejiang University (CARD); Centre for International Food and Agricultural Economics, Nanjing Agricultural University (CIFAE); Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (IAED); International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Chapter 3, Pp. 39-55. http://agfep.cau.edu.cn/module/download/downfile.jsp?classid=0&filename=6dbb930c64de42458dc72edba23fbcdf.pdf |
| spellingShingle | greenhouse gases carbon dioxide weather hazards food wastes agricultural products land use agrifood systems agricultural technologies food security temperature carbon emissions diet climate change Feng, Xialong Zhang, Yumei Wu, Zongyi Fan, Shenggen Chen, Kevin Z. Repositioning agricultural support policies for achieving China’s 2060 carbon neutrality goal |
| title | Repositioning agricultural support policies for achieving China’s 2060 carbon neutrality goal |
| title_full | Repositioning agricultural support policies for achieving China’s 2060 carbon neutrality goal |
| title_fullStr | Repositioning agricultural support policies for achieving China’s 2060 carbon neutrality goal |
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| title_short | Repositioning agricultural support policies for achieving China’s 2060 carbon neutrality goal |
| title_sort | repositioning agricultural support policies for achieving china s 2060 carbon neutrality goal |
| topic | greenhouse gases carbon dioxide weather hazards food wastes agricultural products land use agrifood systems agricultural technologies food security temperature carbon emissions diet climate change |
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