How much land‐based greenhouse gas mitigation can be achieved without compromising food security and environmental goals?

Smith, Pete; Haberl, Helmut; Popp, Alexander; Erb, Karl‐Heinz; Lauk, Christian; Harper, R.J.; N. Tubiello, Francesco; de Siqueira Pinto, Alexandre; Jafari, Mostafa; Sohi, Saran; Masera, Omar; Böttcher, Hannes; Berndes, Göran; Bustamante, Mercedes; Ahammad, Helal; Clark, H.; Dong, Hongmin; A. Elsiddig, Elnour; Mbow, Cheikh; H. Ravindranath, N.; W. Rice, Charles; Robledo Abad, Carmenza; A. Romanovskaya, A.; Sperling, Frank; Herrero, Mario; I. House, Joanna; K. Rose, Steven

doi:10.1111/gcb.12160

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How much land‐based greenhouse gas mitigation can be achieved without compromising food security and environmental goals?

Published in Global Change Biology • Feb 6, 2013

Authors:

Pete Smith

Helmut Haberl

Alexander Popp

Abstract

Feeding 9-10 billion people by 2050 and preventing dangerous climate change are two of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Both challenges must be met while reducing the impact of land management on ecosystem services that deliver vital goods and services, and support human health and well-bein...

Subject

Food security

Greenhouse gas

Agriculture

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