Reducing emissions from agriculture to meet the 2°C target

E Wollenberg; M Richards; P Smith; P Havlik; M Obersteiner; F.N.  Tubiello; M. Herold; P Gerber; S  Carter; A Reisinger; D van Vuuren; A. Dickie; H Neufeldt; B O  Sander; R Wassmann; R Sommer; J E Amonette; A Falcucci; M Herrero; C Opio; R. R. Roman-Cuesta; E Stehfest; H Westhoek; I Ortiz-Monasterio; T Sapkota; M C Rufino; P K Thornton; L Verchot; P C West; J. F. Soussana; T Baedeker; Marc Sadler; S Vermeulen; B M Campbell

doi:10.1111/gcb.13340

Reducing emissions from agriculture to meet the 2°C target

E Wollenberg
, M Richards
, P Smith
, P Havlik
, M Obersteiner
, F.N. Tubiello
, M. Herold
, P Gerber
, S Carter
, A Reisinger
, D van Vuuren
, A. Dickie
, H Neufeldt
, B O Sander
, R Wassmann
, R Sommer
, J E Amonette
, A Falcucci
, M Herrero
, C Opio

R. R. Roman-Cuesta, E Stehfest, H Westhoek, I Ortiz-Monasterio, T Sapkota, M C Rufino, P K Thornton, L Verchot, P C West, J. F. Soussana, T Baedeker, Marc Sadler, S Vermeulen, B M Campbell

Aberdeen Centre For Environmental Sustainability

IIASA, Vienna, Austria
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg
World Bank (WB), Washington, DC
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome,

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Abstract

More than 100 countries have pledged to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Richards et al., 2015a) in the 2015 Paris Agreement. Yet technical information about how much mitigation is needed in the sector versus how much is feasible remains poor. We propose a preliminary global target for reducing emissions from agriculture in 2030 of ~1 GtCO2e/yr by 2030 to limit warming to 2°C. Plausible agricultural development pathways that include mitigation deliver only 15 to 21% of needed mitigation. More transformative technical and policy options will be needed, such as methane inhibitors and finance for new practices. A more comprehensive target for the 2°C limit should be developed to include soil carbon and agriculture-related mitigation options. Excluding agricultural emissions from mitigation will increase the cost of mitigation in other sectors or reduce the feasibility of meeting the 2°C limit.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3859-3864
Number of pages	6
Journal	Global Change Biology
Volume	22
Issue number	12
Early online date	17 May 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13340
Publication status	Published - Dec 2016

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Keywords

agriculture
climate change
Integrated assessment modelling
mitigation
policy
target
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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Wollenberg, E., Richards, M., Smith, P., Havlik, P., Obersteiner, M., Tubiello, F. N., Herold, M., Gerber, P., Carter, S., Reisinger, A., van Vuuren, D., Dickie, A., Neufeldt, H., Sander, B. O., Wassmann, R., Sommer, R., Amonette, J. E., Falcucci, A., Herrero, M., ... Campbell, B. M. (2016). Reducing emissions from agriculture to meet the 2°C target. Global Change Biology, 22(12), 3859-3864. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13340

Wollenberg, E, Richards, M, Smith, P, Havlik, P, Obersteiner, M, Tubiello, FN, Herold, M, Gerber, P, Carter, S, Reisinger, A, van Vuuren, D, Dickie, A, Neufeldt, H, Sander, BO, Wassmann, R, Sommer, R, Amonette, JE, Falcucci, A, Herrero, M, Opio, C, R. Roman-Cuesta, R, Stehfest, E, Westhoek, H, Ortiz-Monasterio, I, Sapkota, T, Rufino, MC, Thornton, PK, Verchot, L, West, PC, Soussana, JF, Baedeker, T, Sadler, M, Vermeulen, S & Campbell, BM 2016, 'Reducing emissions from agriculture to meet the 2°C target', Global Change Biology, vol. 22, no. 12, pp. 3859-3864. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13340

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