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

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2285-2302

  Smith, Pete ^a   Haberl, Helmut ^b   Popp, Alexander ^c   Erb, Karl Heinz ^b   Lauk, Christian ^b   Harper, Richard ^d   Tubiello, Francesco N ^e   De Siqueira Pinto, Alexandre ^f   Jafari, Mostafa ^g   Sohi, Saran ^h   Masera, Omar ⁱ   Böttcher, Hannes ^j   Berndes, Göran ^k   Bustamante, Mercedes ^f   Ahammad, Helal ^l   Clark, Harry ^m   Dong, Hongmin ⁿ   Elsiddig, Elnour A ^o   Mbow, Cheikh ^p   Ravindranath, Nijavalli H ^q   Rice, Charles W ^r   Robledo Abad, Carmenza ^s,t   Romanovskaya, Anna ^u   Sperling, Frank ^v   Herrero, Mario ^w,x   House, Joanna I ^y   Rose, Steven ^z   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^g RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTS AND RANGELANDS   (Iran)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^j INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^k CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^l NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^m AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

ⁿ INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^o UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^p WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^q INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^r KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^t Intercooperation   (Switzerland)

^u Institute of Global Climate and Ecology   (Russian Federation)

^v AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Tunisia)

^w CSIRO   (Australia)

^x INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^y UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^z Electric Power Research Institute EPRI   (United States)

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Author keywords

AFOLU; Agriculture; Climate; Ecosystem services; Food security; Forestry; GHG; Mitigation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FOOD SECURITY; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND MANAGEMENT; MITIGATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; TRADE-OFF;

AFOLU; AGRICULTURE; CATERING SERVICE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD SECURITY; FORESTRY; GAS; GHG; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; MITIGATION; REVIEW;

AFOLU; AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOOD SECURITY; FORESTRY; GHG; MITIGATION;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD SUPPLY; FORESTRY; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS;

EID: 84880137338     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12160     Document Type: Review

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