National contributions to climate change mitigation from agriculture: allocating a global target

Climate Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 1271-1285

  Richards, Meryl Breton ^a,b   Wollenberg, Eva ^a,b   van Vuuren, Detlef ^c,d  

^a CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural emissions; climate change mitigation; climate targets; food security; international negotiations; nationally determined contributions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOOD SECURITY; GREENHOUSE GAS; NEGOTIATION PROCESS;

CHINA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 85042209605     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2018.1430018     Document Type: Article

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