Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

Structural change as a key component for agricultural non-CO2 mitigation efforts

  • Stefan Frank,
  • Robert Beach,
  • Petr Havlík,
  • Hugo Valin,
  • Mario Herrero,
  • Aline Mosnier,
  • Tomoko Hasegawa,
  • Jared Creason,
  • Shaun Ragnauth,
  • Michael Obersteiner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03489-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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To achieve the climate target of the Paris Agreement substantial emission reductions will be required across economic sectors. Here the authors show that agriculture can make a significant contribution to non-CO2 mitigation efforts through structural change in the livestock sector and the deployment of technical options.