Using land to mitigate climate change: Hitting the target, recognizing the trade-offs

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5672-5679

  Reilly, John ^a   Melillo, Jerry ^b   Cai, Yongxia ^a   Kicklighter, David ^b   Gurgel, Angelo ^a,c   Paltsev, Sergey ^a   Cronin, Timothy ^a   Sokolov, Andrei ^a   Schlosser, Adam ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUXES; CARBON PRICING; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD PRICES; GLOBAL SYSTEM MODELS; LAND PRICES; MITIGATION COSTS; MITIGATION STRATEGY; PRE-INDUSTRIAL LEVELS; PRICE INCENTIVES;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; CARBON; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LAND USE;

BIOFUELS;

BIOFUEL; CARBON;

BIOFUEL; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LAND USE CHANGE; TRADE-OFF; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INCOME; LAND BIOME; LAND USE; REIMBURSEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOFUELS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INTERNATIONALITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84861847096     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2034729     Document Type: Article

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