Climate change impacts on agriculture in 2050 under a range of plausible socioeconomic and emissions scenarios

Previous studies have combined climate, crop and economic models to examine the impact of climate change on agricultural production and food security, but results have varied widely due to differences in models, scenarios and input data. Recent work has examined (and narrowed) these differences thro...

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Autores principales: Wiebe, Keith D., Lotze-Campen, Herman, Sands, Ronald D., Tabeau, Andrzej, van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique, Biewald, Anne, Bodirsky, Benjamin, Islam, Shahnila, Kavallari, Aikaterini, Mason-D’Croz, Daniel, Müller, Christoph, Popp, Alexander, Robertson, Richard D., Robinson, Sherman, van Meijl, Hans, Willenbockel, Dirk
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: IOP Publishing 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151213
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author Wiebe, Keith D.
Lotze-Campen, Herman
Sands, Ronald D.
Tabeau, Andrzej
van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique
Biewald, Anne
Bodirsky, Benjamin
Islam, Shahnila
Kavallari, Aikaterini
Mason-D’Croz, Daniel
Müller, Christoph
Popp, Alexander
Robertson, Richard D.
Robinson, Sherman
van Meijl, Hans
Willenbockel, Dirk
author_browse Biewald, Anne
Bodirsky, Benjamin
Islam, Shahnila
Kavallari, Aikaterini
Lotze-Campen, Herman
Mason-D’Croz, Daniel
Müller, Christoph
Popp, Alexander
Robertson, Richard D.
Robinson, Sherman
Sands, Ronald D.
Tabeau, Andrzej
Wiebe, Keith D.
Willenbockel, Dirk
van Meijl, Hans
van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique
author_facet Wiebe, Keith D.
Lotze-Campen, Herman
Sands, Ronald D.
Tabeau, Andrzej
van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique
Biewald, Anne
Bodirsky, Benjamin
Islam, Shahnila
Kavallari, Aikaterini
Mason-D’Croz, Daniel
Müller, Christoph
Popp, Alexander
Robertson, Richard D.
Robinson, Sherman
van Meijl, Hans
Willenbockel, Dirk
author_sort Wiebe, Keith D.
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description Previous studies have combined climate, crop and economic models to examine the impact of climate change on agricultural production and food security, but results have varied widely due to differences in models, scenarios and input data. Recent work has examined (and narrowed) these differences through systematic model intercomparison using a high-emissions pathway to highlight the differences. This paper extends that analysis to explore a range of plausible socioeconomic scenarios and emission pathways. Results from multiple climate and economic models are combined to examine the global and regional impacts of climate change on agricultural yields, area, production, consumption, prices and trade for coarse grains, rice, wheat, oilseeds and sugar crops to 2050. We find that climate impacts on global average yields, area, production and consumption are similar across shared socioeconomic pathways (SSP 1, 2 and 3, as we implement them based on population, income and productivity drivers), except when changes in trade policies are included. Impacts on trade and prices are higher for SSP 3 than SSP 2, and higher for SSP 2 than for SSP 1. Climate impacts for all variables are similar across low to moderate emissions pathways (RCP 4.5 and RCP 6.0), but increase for a higher emissions pathway (RCP 8.5). It is important to note that these global averages may hide regional variations. Projected reductions in agricultural yields due to climate change by 2050 are larger for some crops than those estimated for the past half century, but smaller than projected increases to 2050 due to rising demand and intrinsic productivity growth. Results illustrate the sensitivity of climate change impacts to differences in socioeconomic and emissions pathways. Yield impacts increase at high emissions levels and vary with changes in population, income and technology, but are reduced in all cases by endogenous changes in prices and other variables.
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spelling CGSpace1512132025-11-12T04:47:31Z Climate change impacts on agriculture in 2050 under a range of plausible socioeconomic and emissions scenarios Wiebe, Keith D. Lotze-Campen, Herman Sands, Ronald D. Tabeau, Andrzej van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique Biewald, Anne Bodirsky, Benjamin Islam, Shahnila Kavallari, Aikaterini Mason-D’Croz, Daniel Müller, Christoph Popp, Alexander Robertson, Richard D. Robinson, Sherman van Meijl, Hans Willenbockel, Dirk agricultural production socioeconomic environment agriculture food security climate change Previous studies have combined climate, crop and economic models to examine the impact of climate change on agricultural production and food security, but results have varied widely due to differences in models, scenarios and input data. Recent work has examined (and narrowed) these differences through systematic model intercomparison using a high-emissions pathway to highlight the differences. This paper extends that analysis to explore a range of plausible socioeconomic scenarios and emission pathways. Results from multiple climate and economic models are combined to examine the global and regional impacts of climate change on agricultural yields, area, production, consumption, prices and trade for coarse grains, rice, wheat, oilseeds and sugar crops to 2050. We find that climate impacts on global average yields, area, production and consumption are similar across shared socioeconomic pathways (SSP 1, 2 and 3, as we implement them based on population, income and productivity drivers), except when changes in trade policies are included. Impacts on trade and prices are higher for SSP 3 than SSP 2, and higher for SSP 2 than for SSP 1. Climate impacts for all variables are similar across low to moderate emissions pathways (RCP 4.5 and RCP 6.0), but increase for a higher emissions pathway (RCP 8.5). It is important to note that these global averages may hide regional variations. Projected reductions in agricultural yields due to climate change by 2050 are larger for some crops than those estimated for the past half century, but smaller than projected increases to 2050 due to rising demand and intrinsic productivity growth. Results illustrate the sensitivity of climate change impacts to differences in socioeconomic and emissions pathways. Yield impacts increase at high emissions levels and vary with changes in population, income and technology, but are reduced in all cases by endogenous changes in prices and other variables. 2015-08-27 2024-08-01T02:55:59Z 2024-08-01T02:55:59Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151213 en Open Access application/pdf IOP Publishing Wiebe, Keith D.; Lotze-Campen, Hermann; Sands, Ronald D.; Tabeau, Andrzej; vand der Mensbrugghe, Dominique; et al. 2015. Climate change impacts on agriculture in 2050 under a range of plausible socioeconomic and emissions scenarios. Environmental Research Letters 10: 085010. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/8/085010
spellingShingle agricultural production
socioeconomic environment
agriculture
food security
climate change
Wiebe, Keith D.
Lotze-Campen, Herman
Sands, Ronald D.
Tabeau, Andrzej
van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique
Biewald, Anne
Bodirsky, Benjamin
Islam, Shahnila
Kavallari, Aikaterini
Mason-D’Croz, Daniel
Müller, Christoph
Popp, Alexander
Robertson, Richard D.
Robinson, Sherman
van Meijl, Hans
Willenbockel, Dirk
Climate change impacts on agriculture in 2050 under a range of plausible socioeconomic and emissions scenarios
title Climate change impacts on agriculture in 2050 under a range of plausible socioeconomic and emissions scenarios
title_full Climate change impacts on agriculture in 2050 under a range of plausible socioeconomic and emissions scenarios
title_fullStr Climate change impacts on agriculture in 2050 under a range of plausible socioeconomic and emissions scenarios
title_full_unstemmed Climate change impacts on agriculture in 2050 under a range of plausible socioeconomic and emissions scenarios
title_short Climate change impacts on agriculture in 2050 under a range of plausible socioeconomic and emissions scenarios
title_sort climate change impacts on agriculture in 2050 under a range of plausible socioeconomic and emissions scenarios
topic agricultural production
socioeconomic environment
agriculture
food security
climate change
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151213
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