Implications of Limiting CO 2 Concentrations for Land Use and Energy
Joint Global Change Research Institute · Pacific Northwest National Laboratory · +2 more institutions
Abstract
Limiting atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations to low levels requires strategies to manage anthropogenic carbon emissions from terrestrial systems as well as fossil fuel and industrial sources. We explore the implications of fully integrating terrestrial systems and the energy system into a comprehensive mitigation regime that limits atmospheric CO2 concentrations. We find that this comprehensive approach lowers the cost of meeting environmental goals but also carries with it profound implications for agriculture: Unmanaged ecosystems and forests expand, and food crop and livestock prices rise. Finally, we find that future improvement in food crop productivity directly affects land-use change…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 54.68
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 16
Authors
9- MWMarshall Wise
Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University Research Co (United States), University of Maryland, College Park
- KCKatherine Calvin
Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University Research Co (United States), University of Maryland, College Park
- AMAllison M. Thomson
Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University Research Co (United States), University of Maryland, College Park
- LCLeon Clarke
Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University Research Co (United States), University of Maryland, College Park
- BBBen Bond‐Lamberty
Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University Research Co (United States), University of Maryland, College Park
Topics & keywords
- Limiting
- Environmental science
- Fossil fuel
- Greenhouse gas
- Deforestation (computer science)
- Land use
- Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere
- Land use, land-use change and forestry