The mitigation pillar of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA): targets and options

The need to prioritise food security in the face of a changing climate raises the question of how much agriculture should contribute to global mitigation targets. A global target for reducing methane and nitrous oxide emissions from agriculture of ~1 gigatonne of carbon dioxide equivalent per year...

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Autor principal: Wollenberg, Eva Karoline
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81373
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description The need to prioritise food security in the face of a changing climate raises the question of how much agriculture should contribute to global mitigation targets. A global target for reducing methane and nitrous oxide emissions from agriculture of ~1 gigatonne of carbon dioxide equivalent per year (GtCO2e/yr) by 2030 would limit warming in 2100 to 2°C above pre-industrial levels. Yet low emissions development (LED) in agriculture, based on available technologies and policies, will deliver only a portion of the needed mitigation. More transformative options will be needed, including carbon sequestration, reduced food loss and waste, and shifts in consumption.
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spelling CGSpace813732024-07-29T19:31:00Z The mitigation pillar of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA): targets and options Wollenberg, Eva Karoline food security climate change agriculture climate-smart agriculture The need to prioritise food security in the face of a changing climate raises the question of how much agriculture should contribute to global mitigation targets. A global target for reducing methane and nitrous oxide emissions from agriculture of ~1 gigatonne of carbon dioxide equivalent per year (GtCO2e/yr) by 2030 would limit warming in 2100 to 2°C above pre-industrial levels. Yet low emissions development (LED) in agriculture, based on available technologies and policies, will deliver only a portion of the needed mitigation. More transformative options will be needed, including carbon sequestration, reduced food loss and waste, and shifts in consumption. 2017-06-06 2017-06-06T13:29:55Z 2017-06-06T13:29:55Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81373 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81017 Limited Access application/pdf Wollenberg E. 2017. The mitigation pillar of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA): targets and options. Agriculture for Development 30:19-22.
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The mitigation pillar of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA): targets and options
title The mitigation pillar of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA): targets and options
title_full The mitigation pillar of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA): targets and options
title_fullStr The mitigation pillar of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA): targets and options
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title_short The mitigation pillar of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA): targets and options
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topic food security
climate change
agriculture
climate-smart agriculture
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