Frank, S. and Beach, R. and Havlík, P. and Valin, H. and etl, .
(2018)
Structural change as a key component for agricultural non-CO2 mitigation efforts.
Nature communications, 9 (1).
pp. 1-8.
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Abstract
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.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Agricultural, Climate, developed countries,productivity,economic |
| Author Affiliation: |
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Schlossplatz 1, Laxenburg 2361, Austria |
| Subjects: |
Agriculture |
| Divisions: |
General |
| Depositing User: |
Mr T L Gautham
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| Date Deposited: |
03 Jan 2019 05:35 |
| Last Modified: |
03 Jan 2019 05:35 |
| URI: |
http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/15719 |
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