Randomized national land management strategies for net-zero emissions

Duffy Colm, Prudhomme Rémi, Duffy Brian, Gibbons James, Iannetta Pietro, O'Donoghue Cathal, Ryan Mary, Styles David. 2022. Randomized national land management strategies for net-zero emissions. Nature Sustainability, 5 : 973-980.

Résumé : Global scenario modelling for climate stabilization lacks national resolution, particularly for the agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) sector, impeding effective national climate policymaking. We generate 850 randomized scenarios of activity combinations for Ireland's AFOLU sector in the year 2050 and evaluate associated greenhouse gas fluxes to the year 2100. Using a GWP100 'net-zero' greenhouse gas definition, 146 scenarios achieve AFOLU climate neutrality and 38 contribute to national neutrality (a substantial AFOLU sink) by 2050. Just one scenario contributes to national climate neutrality to 2100, reflecting future declines in CO2 removals by new forests (excluding potential downstream mitigation). In the absence of technical solutions to dramatically reduce the emissions intensity of bovine production, national milk and beef output will need to be substantially curtailed to achieve net-zero emissions. Active CO2 removal on destocked land, via organic soil rewetting and ambitious afforestation, could moderate output declines in milk and beef production, reducing international carbon leakage risks.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : gestion foncière, gestion foncière durable, réduction des émissions

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Irlande

Mots-clés libres : Land-use, Carbon neutral, Land-use model, GHG emissions, AFOLU

Classification Agris : E11 - Économie et politique foncières
P40 - Météorologie et climatologie
P02 - Pollution

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 2 (2019-) - Transitions agroécologiques

Agences de financement hors UE : Environmental Protection Agency

Auteurs et affiliations

• Duffy Colm, University of Limerick (IRL) - auteur correspondant
• Prudhomme Rémi, CIRAD-ES-UMR CIRED (FRA)
• Duffy Brian
• Gibbons James, Bangor University (GBR)
• Iannetta Pietro, The James Hutton Institute (GBR)
• O'Donoghue Cathal, NUI Galway (IRL)
• Ryan Mary, Rural Economy and Development Programme (IRL)
• Styles David, University of Limerick (IRL)

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/604015/)

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