Greenhouse gas mitigation in Chinese agriculture: Distinguishing technical and economic potentials

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-62

  Wang, Wen ^a,b   Koslowski, Frank ^c   Nayak, Dali Rani ^d   Smith, Pete ^d   Saetnan, Eli ^e   Ju, Xiaotang ^f   Guo, Liping ^a   Han, Guodong ^g   de Perthuis, Christian ^b   Lin, Erda ^a   Moran, Dominic ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agriculture; China; Climate change; Greenhouse gas mitigation; Marginal abatement cost curve (MACC)

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FARMING SYSTEM; GREENHOUSE GAS;

CHINA;

EID: 84901448653     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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