Structural change as a key component for agricultural non-CO2 mitigation efforts
Agriculture is the single largest source of anthropogenic non-carbon dioxide (non-CO2) emissions. Reaching the climate target of the Paris Agreement will require significant emission reductions across sectors by 2030 and continued efforts thereafter. Here we show that the economic potential of non-C...
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| author | Frank, Stefan Beach, Robert H. Havlík, Petr Valin, Hugo Herrero, Mario Mosnier, Aline Hasegawa, Tomoko Creason, Jared Ragnauth, Shaun Obersteiner, Michael |
| author_browse | Beach, Robert H. Creason, Jared Frank, Stefan Hasegawa, Tomoko Havlík, Petr Herrero, Mario Mosnier, Aline Obersteiner, Michael Ragnauth, Shaun Valin, Hugo |
| author_facet | Frank, Stefan Beach, Robert H. Havlík, Petr Valin, Hugo Herrero, Mario Mosnier, Aline Hasegawa, Tomoko Creason, Jared Ragnauth, Shaun Obersteiner, Michael |
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| description | Agriculture is the single largest source of anthropogenic non-carbon dioxide (non-CO2) emissions. Reaching the climate target of the Paris Agreement will require significant emission reductions across sectors by 2030 and continued efforts thereafter. Here we show that the economic potential of non-CO2 emissions reductions from agriculture is up to four times as high as previously estimated. In fact, we find that agriculture could achieve already at a carbon price of 25 $/tCO2eq non-CO2 reductions of around 1 GtCO2eq/year by 2030 mainly through the adoption of technical and structural mitigation options. At 100 $/tCO2eq agriculture could even provide non-CO2 reductions of 2.6 GtCO2eq/year in 2050 including demand side efforts. Immediate action to favor the widespread adoption of technical options in developed countries together with productivity increases through structural changes in developing countries is needed to move agriculture on track with a 2 °C climate stabilization pathway. |
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| spelling | CGSpace924862024-05-01T08:15:47Z Structural change as a key component for agricultural non-CO2 mitigation efforts Frank, Stefan Beach, Robert H. Havlík, Petr Valin, Hugo Herrero, Mario Mosnier, Aline Hasegawa, Tomoko Creason, Jared Ragnauth, Shaun Obersteiner, Michael agriculture climate change food security carbon cycle Agriculture is the single largest source of anthropogenic non-carbon dioxide (non-CO2) emissions. Reaching the climate target of the Paris Agreement will require significant emission reductions across sectors by 2030 and continued efforts thereafter. Here we show that the economic potential of non-CO2 emissions reductions from agriculture is up to four times as high as previously estimated. In fact, we find that agriculture could achieve already at a carbon price of 25 $/tCO2eq non-CO2 reductions of around 1 GtCO2eq/year by 2030 mainly through the adoption of technical and structural mitigation options. At 100 $/tCO2eq agriculture could even provide non-CO2 reductions of 2.6 GtCO2eq/year in 2050 including demand side efforts. Immediate action to favor the widespread adoption of technical options in developed countries together with productivity increases through structural changes in developing countries is needed to move agriculture on track with a 2 °C climate stabilization pathway. 2018-03-13 2018-05-03T13:47:15Z 2018-05-03T13:47:15Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92486 en Open Access Springer Frank S, Beach R, Havlík P, Valin H, Herrero M, Mosnier A, Hasegawa T, Creason J, Ragnauth S, Obersteiner M. 2018. Structural change as a key component for agricultural non-CO2 mitigation efforts. Nature Communications 9:1060. |
| spellingShingle | agriculture climate change food security carbon cycle Frank, Stefan Beach, Robert H. Havlík, Petr Valin, Hugo Herrero, Mario Mosnier, Aline Hasegawa, Tomoko Creason, Jared Ragnauth, Shaun Obersteiner, Michael Structural change as a key component for agricultural non-CO2 mitigation efforts |
| title | Structural change as a key component for agricultural non-CO2 mitigation efforts |
| title_full | Structural change as a key component for agricultural non-CO2 mitigation efforts |
| title_fullStr | Structural change as a key component for agricultural non-CO2 mitigation efforts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Structural change as a key component for agricultural non-CO2 mitigation efforts |
| title_short | Structural change as a key component for agricultural non-CO2 mitigation efforts |
| title_sort | structural change as a key component for agricultural non co2 mitigation efforts |
| topic | agriculture climate change food security carbon cycle |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92486 |
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