Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land-Use Emissions in Latin America
Nearly 40% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Latin America were from agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) in 2008, more than double the global fraction of AFOLU emissions. In this article, we investigate the future trajectory of AFOLU GHG emissions in Latin America, with and without...
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| author | Calvin, Katherine Beach, Robert H. Gurgel, Angelo Labriet, Maryse Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María |
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| description | Nearly 40% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Latin America were from agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) in 2008, more than double the global fraction of AFOLU emissions. In this article, we investigate the future trajectory of AFOLU GHG emissions in Latin America, with and without efforts to mitigate, using a multi-model comparison approach. We find significant uncertainty in future emissions with and without climate policy. This uncertainty is due to differences in a variety of assumptions including (1) the role of bioenergy, (2) where and how bioenergy is produced, (3) the availability of afforestation options in climate mitigation policy, and (4) N2O and CH4 emission intensity. With climate policy, these differences in assumptions can lead to significant variance in mitigation potential, with three models indicating reductions in AFOLU GHG emissions and one model indicating modest increases in AFOLU GHG emissions. |
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| spelling | CGSpace757852025-02-19T12:58:47Z Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land-Use Emissions in Latin America Calvin, Katherine Beach, Robert H. Gurgel, Angelo Labriet, Maryse Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María climate change agriculture food security greenhouse gas emissions Nearly 40% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Latin America were from agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) in 2008, more than double the global fraction of AFOLU emissions. In this article, we investigate the future trajectory of AFOLU GHG emissions in Latin America, with and without efforts to mitigate, using a multi-model comparison approach. We find significant uncertainty in future emissions with and without climate policy. This uncertainty is due to differences in a variety of assumptions including (1) the role of bioenergy, (2) where and how bioenergy is produced, (3) the availability of afforestation options in climate mitigation policy, and (4) N2O and CH4 emission intensity. With climate policy, these differences in assumptions can lead to significant variance in mitigation potential, with three models indicating reductions in AFOLU GHG emissions and one model indicating modest increases in AFOLU GHG emissions. 2016-05 2016-06-23T03:00:43Z 2016-06-23T03:00:43Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75785 en Open Access Elsevier Calvin K, Beach R, Gurgel A, Labriet M, Loboguerrero Rodriguez AM. 2016. Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land-Use Emissions in Latin America. Energy Economics 56:615–624. |
| spellingShingle | climate change agriculture food security greenhouse gas emissions Calvin, Katherine Beach, Robert H. Gurgel, Angelo Labriet, Maryse Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land-Use Emissions in Latin America |
| title | Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land-Use Emissions in Latin America |
| title_full | Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land-Use Emissions in Latin America |
| title_fullStr | Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land-Use Emissions in Latin America |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land-Use Emissions in Latin America |
| title_short | Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land-Use Emissions in Latin America |
| title_sort | agriculture forestry and other land use emissions in latin america |
| topic | climate change agriculture food security greenhouse gas emissions |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75785 |
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