Global food efficiency of climate change mitigation in agriculture

Concerns exist regarding potential trade-offs between climate change mitigation in agriculture and food security. Against this background, the Global Biosphere Management Model (GLOBIOM) is applied to a range of scenarios of mitigation of emissions from agriculture to assess the implications of clim...

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Main Authors: Kleinwechter, U., Levesque, Antoine, Havlík, Petr, Forsell N, Zhang Y, Fricko O, Obersteiner, Michael
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Language:Inglés
Published: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68882
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author Kleinwechter, U.
Levesque, Antoine
Havlík, Petr
Forsell N
Zhang Y
Fricko O
Obersteiner, Michael
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Fricko O
Havlík, Petr
Kleinwechter, U.
Levesque, Antoine
Obersteiner, Michael
Zhang Y
author_facet Kleinwechter, U.
Levesque, Antoine
Havlík, Petr
Forsell N
Zhang Y
Fricko O
Obersteiner, Michael
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description Concerns exist regarding potential trade-offs between climate change mitigation in agriculture and food security. Against this background, the Global Biosphere Management Model (GLOBIOM) is applied to a range of scenarios of mitigation of emissions from agriculture to assess the implications of climate mitigation for agricultural production, prices and food availability. The "food efficiency of mitigation" (FEM) is introduced as a tool to make statements about how to attain desired levels of agricultural mitigation in the most efficient manner in terms of food security. It is applied to a range of policy scenarios which contrast a climate policy regime with full global collaboration to scenarios of fragmented climate policies that grant exemptions to selected developing country groups. Results indicate increasing marginal costs of abatement in terms of food calories and suggest that agricultural mitigation is most food efficient in a policy regime with global collaboration. Exemptions from this regime cause food efficiency losses.
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spelling CGSpace688822025-08-13T13:33:31Z Global food efficiency of climate change mitigation in agriculture Kleinwechter, U. Levesque, Antoine Havlík, Petr Forsell N Zhang Y Fricko O Obersteiner, Michael agriculture climate change mitigation efficiency food security Concerns exist regarding potential trade-offs between climate change mitigation in agriculture and food security. Against this background, the Global Biosphere Management Model (GLOBIOM) is applied to a range of scenarios of mitigation of emissions from agriculture to assess the implications of climate mitigation for agricultural production, prices and food availability. The "food efficiency of mitigation" (FEM) is introduced as a tool to make statements about how to attain desired levels of agricultural mitigation in the most efficient manner in terms of food security. It is applied to a range of policy scenarios which contrast a climate policy regime with full global collaboration to scenarios of fragmented climate policies that grant exemptions to selected developing country groups. Results indicate increasing marginal costs of abatement in terms of food calories and suggest that agricultural mitigation is most food efficient in a policy regime with global collaboration. Exemptions from this regime cause food efficiency losses. 2015-11-10 2015-11-10T11:15:27Z 2015-11-10T11:15:27Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68882 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Kleinwechter U, Levesque A, Havlík P, Forsell N, Zhang Y, Fricko O, Obersteiner M. 2015. Global food efficiency of climate change mitigation in agriculture. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
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Kleinwechter, U.
Levesque, Antoine
Havlík, Petr
Forsell N
Zhang Y
Fricko O
Obersteiner, Michael
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title_fullStr Global food efficiency of climate change mitigation in agriculture
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climate change
mitigation
efficiency
food security
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