How much land-based greenhouse gas mitigation can be achieved without compromising food security and environmental goals?

Feeding 9–10 billion people by 2050 and preventing dangerous climate change are two of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Both challenges must be met while reducing the impact of land management on ecosystem services that deliver vital goods and services, and support human health and well-bein...

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Autores principales: Smith, Pete, Haberl, H., Popp, Alexander, Erb, Karlheinz, Lauk, C., Harper, R., Tubiello, F.N., Pinto, A.S. de, Jafari, M., Sohi, S., Masera, O., Böttcher, Hannes, Berndes, G., Bustamante, M., Ahammad, Helal, Clark, H., Dong, H., Elsiddig, E.A., Mbow, C., Ravindranath, N.H., Rice, Charles W., Abad, C.R., Romanovskaya, A., Sperling, F., Herrero, Mario, House, Joanna Isobel, Rose, S.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/41719
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author Smith, Pete
Haberl, H.
Popp, Alexander
Erb, Karlheinz
Lauk, C.
Harper, R.
Tubiello, F.N.
Pinto, A.S. de
Jafari, M.
Sohi, S.
Masera, O.
Böttcher, Hannes
Berndes, G.
Bustamante, M.
Ahammad, Helal
Clark, H.
Dong, H.
Elsiddig, E.A.
Mbow, C.
Ravindranath, N.H.
Rice, Charles W.
Abad, C.R.
Romanovskaya, A.
Sperling, F.
Herrero, Mario
House, Joanna Isobel
Rose, S.
author_browse Abad, C.R.
Ahammad, Helal
Berndes, G.
Bustamante, M.
Böttcher, Hannes
Clark, H.
Dong, H.
Elsiddig, E.A.
Erb, Karlheinz
Haberl, H.
Harper, R.
Herrero, Mario
House, Joanna Isobel
Jafari, M.
Lauk, C.
Masera, O.
Mbow, C.
Pinto, A.S. de
Popp, Alexander
Ravindranath, N.H.
Rice, Charles W.
Romanovskaya, A.
Rose, S.
Smith, Pete
Sohi, S.
Sperling, F.
Tubiello, F.N.
author_facet Smith, Pete
Haberl, H.
Popp, Alexander
Erb, Karlheinz
Lauk, C.
Harper, R.
Tubiello, F.N.
Pinto, A.S. de
Jafari, M.
Sohi, S.
Masera, O.
Böttcher, Hannes
Berndes, G.
Bustamante, M.
Ahammad, Helal
Clark, H.
Dong, H.
Elsiddig, E.A.
Mbow, C.
Ravindranath, N.H.
Rice, Charles W.
Abad, C.R.
Romanovskaya, A.
Sperling, F.
Herrero, Mario
House, Joanna Isobel
Rose, S.
author_sort Smith, Pete
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description Feeding 9–10 billion people by 2050 and preventing dangerous climate change are two of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Both challenges must be met while reducing the impact of land management on ecosystem services that deliver vital goods and services, and support human health and well-being. Few studies to date have considered the interactions between these challenges. In this study we briefly outline the challenges, review the supply- and demand-side climate mitigation potential available in the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use AFOLU sector and options for delivering food security. We briefly outline some of the synergies and trade-offs afforded by mitigation practices, before presenting an assessment of the mitigation potential possible in the AFOLU sector under possible future scenarios in which demand-side measures codeliver to aid food security. We conclude that while supply-side mitigation measures, such as changes in land management, might either enhance or negatively impact food security, demand-side mitigation measures, such as reduced waste or demand for livestock products, should benefit both food security and greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation. Demand-side measures offer a greater potential (1.5–15.6 Gt CO2-eq. yr−1) in meeting both challenges than do supply-side measures (1.5–4.3 Gt CO2-eq. yr−1 at carbon prices between 20 and 100 US$ tCO2-eq. yr−1), but given the enormity of challenges, all options need to be considered. Supply-side measures should be implemented immediately, focussing on those that allow the production of more agricultural product per unit of input. For demand-side measures, given the difficulties in their implementation and lag in their effectiveness, policy should be introduced quickly, and should aim to codeliver to other policy agenda, such as improving environmental quality or improving dietary health. These problems facing humanity in the 21st Century are extremely challenging, and policy that addresses multiple objectives is required now more than ever.
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spelling CGSpace417192024-01-22T09:44:16Z How much land-based greenhouse gas mitigation can be achieved without compromising food security and environmental goals? Smith, Pete Haberl, H. Popp, Alexander Erb, Karlheinz Lauk, C. Harper, R. Tubiello, F.N. Pinto, A.S. de Jafari, M. Sohi, S. Masera, O. Böttcher, Hannes Berndes, G. Bustamante, M. Ahammad, Helal Clark, H. Dong, H. Elsiddig, E.A. Mbow, C. Ravindranath, N.H. Rice, Charles W. Abad, C.R. Romanovskaya, A. Sperling, F. Herrero, Mario House, Joanna Isobel Rose, S. food security environment Feeding 9–10 billion people by 2050 and preventing dangerous climate change are two of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Both challenges must be met while reducing the impact of land management on ecosystem services that deliver vital goods and services, and support human health and well-being. Few studies to date have considered the interactions between these challenges. In this study we briefly outline the challenges, review the supply- and demand-side climate mitigation potential available in the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use AFOLU sector and options for delivering food security. We briefly outline some of the synergies and trade-offs afforded by mitigation practices, before presenting an assessment of the mitigation potential possible in the AFOLU sector under possible future scenarios in which demand-side measures codeliver to aid food security. We conclude that while supply-side mitigation measures, such as changes in land management, might either enhance or negatively impact food security, demand-side mitigation measures, such as reduced waste or demand for livestock products, should benefit both food security and greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation. Demand-side measures offer a greater potential (1.5–15.6 Gt CO2-eq. yr−1) in meeting both challenges than do supply-side measures (1.5–4.3 Gt CO2-eq. yr−1 at carbon prices between 20 and 100 US$ tCO2-eq. yr−1), but given the enormity of challenges, all options need to be considered. Supply-side measures should be implemented immediately, focussing on those that allow the production of more agricultural product per unit of input. For demand-side measures, given the difficulties in their implementation and lag in their effectiveness, policy should be introduced quickly, and should aim to codeliver to other policy agenda, such as improving environmental quality or improving dietary health. These problems facing humanity in the 21st Century are extremely challenging, and policy that addresses multiple objectives is required now more than ever. 2013-08 2014-07-17T09:41:54Z 2014-07-17T09:41:54Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/41719 en Limited Access Wiley Smith, P., Haberl, H., Popp, A., Erb, K.-h., Lauk, C., Harper, R., Tubiello, F.N., Pinto, A.S. de, Jafari, M., Sohi, S., Masera, O., Böttcher, H., Berndes, G., Bustamante, M., Ahammad, H., Clark, H., Dong, H., Elsiddig, E.A., Mbow, C., Ravindranath, N.H., Rice, C.W., Abad, C.R., Romanovskaya, A., Sperling, F., Herrero, M., House, J.I. and Rose, S. 2013. How much land-based greenhouse gas mitigation can be achieved without compromising food security and environmental goals? Global Change Biology 19(8):2285-2302.
spellingShingle food security
environment
Smith, Pete
Haberl, H.
Popp, Alexander
Erb, Karlheinz
Lauk, C.
Harper, R.
Tubiello, F.N.
Pinto, A.S. de
Jafari, M.
Sohi, S.
Masera, O.
Böttcher, Hannes
Berndes, G.
Bustamante, M.
Ahammad, Helal
Clark, H.
Dong, H.
Elsiddig, E.A.
Mbow, C.
Ravindranath, N.H.
Rice, Charles W.
Abad, C.R.
Romanovskaya, A.
Sperling, F.
Herrero, Mario
House, Joanna Isobel
Rose, S.
How much land-based greenhouse gas mitigation can be achieved without compromising food security and environmental goals?
title How much land-based greenhouse gas mitigation can be achieved without compromising food security and environmental goals?
title_full How much land-based greenhouse gas mitigation can be achieved without compromising food security and environmental goals?
title_fullStr How much land-based greenhouse gas mitigation can be achieved without compromising food security and environmental goals?
title_full_unstemmed How much land-based greenhouse gas mitigation can be achieved without compromising food security and environmental goals?
title_short How much land-based greenhouse gas mitigation can be achieved without compromising food security and environmental goals?
title_sort how much land based greenhouse gas mitigation can be achieved without compromising food security and environmental goals
topic food security
environment
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/41719
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