Concerns exist regarding potential trade-offs between climate change mitigation in
agriculture and food security. Against this background, the Global Biosphere
Management Model (GLOBIOM) is applied to a range of scenarios of mitigation
of emissions from agriculture to assess the implications of c...
Kleinwechter, U.
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Levesque A
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Havlík, Petr
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Forsell N
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Zhang Y
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Fricko O
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Obersteiner, Michael
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[Global food efficiency of climate change mitigation in agriculture]
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Global food efficiency of climate change mitigation in agriculture
Studies of global environmental change make extensive use of scenarios to explore how the future can evolve under a consistent set of assumptions. The recently developed Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) create a framework for the study of climate-related scenario outcomes. Their five narrativ...
Oliver, Fricko
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Havlík, Petr
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Rogelj, Joeri
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Klimont, Zbigniew
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Gusti, Mykola
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Johnson, Nils
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Kolp, Peter
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Strubegger, Manfred
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Valin, Hugo
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Amann, Markus
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Ermolieva, Tatiana
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Forsell, Nicklas
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Heyes, Chris
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Kindermann, Georg
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Krey, Volker
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McCollum, David L.
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Obersteiner, Michael
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Pachauri, Shonali
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Rao, Shilpa
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Schmid, Erwin
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Schoepp, Wolfgang
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Riahi, Keywan
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[The marker quantification of the Shared Socioeconomic Pathway 2: A middle-of-the-road scenario for the 21st century]
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The marker quantification of the Shared Socioeconomic Pathway 2: A middle-of-the-road scenario for the 21st century
Carbon price policies deliver cost-efficient mitigation across sectors, but can result in tradeoffs with food security and other sustainable development goals. Scenarios for a 1.5 °C world based on carbon prices could increase the undernourished population by 80 - 300 million in 2050. Applying a ...
Frank, Stefan
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Havlík, Petr
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Valin, Hugo
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Hasegawa, Tomoko
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Obersteiner, Michael
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[Carbon prices, climate change mitigation & food security: How to avoid trade-offs?]
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Carbon prices, climate change mitigation & food security: How to avoid trade-offs?
The presentation addresses how reducing agricultural GHG emissions impacts food security, and what the trade-offs are.
Presentation given by Stefan Frank at the European Geosciences Union conference on 24 April 2017.
Frank, Stefan
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Havlík, Petr
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Soussana, Jean-Francois
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Levesque, A
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Valin, Hugo
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Kleinwechter, U.
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Fricko, Oliver
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Gusti, Mykola
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Smith, P.
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Hasegawa, T.
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Kraxner, Florian
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Obersteiner, Michael
,
[Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture without compromising food security?]
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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture without compromising food security?
Tropical deforestation is estimated to cause about one-quarter of anthropogenic carbon emissions, loss of biodiversity, and other environmental services. United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change talks are now considering mechanisms for avoiding deforestation (AD), but the economic p...
Kindermann, Georg
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Obersteiner, Michael
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Sohngen, B.
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Sathaye, J
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Andrasko, K.
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Rametsteiner, E
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Schlamadinger, B.
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Wunder, Sven
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Beach, Robert H.
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[Global cost estimates of reducing carbon emissions through avoided deforestation]
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Global cost estimates of reducing carbon emissions through avoided deforestation
Over the next decades mankind will demand more food from fewer land and water resources. This study quantifies the food production impacts of four alternative development scenarios from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and the Special Report on Emission Scenarios. Partially and jointly conside...
Schneider, Uwe
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Havlík, Petr
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Schmid, Erwin
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Valin, Hugo
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Mosnier, Aline
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Obersteiner, Michael
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Böttcher, Hannes
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Skalský, Rastislav
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Balkovič, Juraj
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Sauer, Timm
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Fritz, Steffen
,
[Impacts of population growth, economic development, and technical change on global food production and consumption]
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Impacts of population growth, economic development, and technical change on global food production and consumption
This paper conducts an integrated assessment of climate change impacts and climate mitigation on agricultural commodity markets and food availability in low- and middle-income countries. The analysis uses the partial equilibrium model GLOBIOM to generate scenarios to 2080. The findings show that ...
Havlík, Petr
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Valin, Hugo
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Gusti M
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Schmid, Erwin
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Leclere D
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Forsell N
,
Herrero, Mario T.
,
Khabarov, N.
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Mosnier, Aline
,
Cantele M
,
Obersteiner, Michael
,
[Climate change impacts and mitigation in the developing world: an integrated assessment of the agriculture and forestry sectors]
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Climate change impacts and mitigation in the developing world: an integrated assessment of the agriculture and forestry sectors
Soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration on agricultural land decreases the costs of climate change mitigation while promoting increased food security. SOC has the potential to sequester up to 3.5 GtCO2eq/yr by 2050 in a scenario consistent with 1.5 ºC warming. In total, the SOC sequestration pote...
Frank, Stefan
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Havlík, Petr
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Soussana, Jean-Francois
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Obersteiner, Michael
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[The potential of soil organic carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation and food security]
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The potential of soil organic carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation and food security
100-year Global Warming Potentials (GWPs) are used almost universally to compare emissions of greenhouse gases in national inventories and reduction targets. GWPs have been criticised on several grounds, but little work has been done to determine global mitigation costs under alternative physics-...
Reisinger, A.
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Havlík, Petr
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Riahi, K.
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Vliet, O. van
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Obersteiner, Michael
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Herrero, Mario T.
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[Implications of alternative metrics for global mitigation costs and greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture]
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Implications of alternative metrics for global mitigation costs and greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture
Livestock are responsible for 12% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Sustainable intensification of livestock production systems might become a key climate mitigation technology. However, livestock production systems vary substantially, making the implementation of climate mitigation poli...
Havlík, Petr
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Valin, Hugo
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Obersteiner, Michael
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Schmid, Erwin
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Mosnier, Aline
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Böttcher, Hannes
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Conant, Richard T.
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Frank, S.
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Fritz, Steffen
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Fuss, S.
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Kraxner, Florian
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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[Climate change mitigation through livestock system transitions]
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Climate change mitigation through livestock system transitions