Big Facts on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

Mitigation

How can changing diets help fight climate change? Get the #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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Kahrl F, Li Y, Su Y, Tennigkeit T, Wilkes A, Xu J. 2010. Greenhouse gas emissions from nitrogen fertilizer use in China, Environmental science & policy 13, pp. 688–694 (Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2010.07.006)

Changing diets, cutting food waste can make the food chain more climate-friendly! #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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Stehfest E, Bouwman L, Vuuren DP, Elzen MGJ, Eickhout B, Kabat P (2009) Climate benefits of changing diet. Climatic Change, 95, 83–102. (Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-008-9534-6)

[US-EPA] United States Environmental Protection Agency. 2013. Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2011. EPA 430-R-13-001. Washington, DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (Available from http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/Downloads/ghgemissions/US-GHG-Inventory-2013-Main-Text.pdf).

What are the climate benefits of reducing deforestation by 10%? #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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Kindermann G, Obersteiner M, Sohngen B, Sathaye J, Andrasko K, Ramesteiner E, Schlamadinger B, Wunder S, Beach R. 2008. Global cost estimates of reducing carbon emissions through avoided deforestation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(30):10302–10307. (Available from http://www.pnas.org/content/105/30/10302.full)

How can changing diets help fight climate change? Get the #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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Smith, P., D. Martino, Z. Cai, D. Gwary, H. Janzen, P. Kumar, B. McCarl, S. Ogle, F. O’Mara, C. Rice, B. Scholes, O. Sirotenko. 2007: Agriculture. In Climate Change 2007: Mitigation. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [B. Metz, O.R. Davidson, P.R. Bosch, R. Dave, L.A. Meyer (eds)], Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA. (Available from http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/wg3/ar4-wg3-chapter8.pdf)

How can changing diets help fight climate change? Get the #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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Smith, P., D. Martino, Z. Cai, D. Gwary, H. Janzen, P. Kumar, B. McCarl, S. Ogle, F. O'Mara, C. Rice, B. Scholes, O. Sirotenko, M. Howden, T. McAllister, G. Pan, V. Romanenkov, U. Schneider, S. Towprayoon, M. Wattenbach, and J. Smith. 2008. Greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture. Phil Trans R Soc B 2008 63: 789-813. (Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2007.2184)

About 70% of agricultural mitigation potential is in low & middle-income countries #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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Smith, P., D. Martino, Z. Cai, D. Gwary, H. Janzen, P. Kumar, B. McCarl, S. Ogle, F. O'Mara, C. Rice, B. Scholes, O. Sirotenko, M. Howden, T. McAllister, G. Pan, V. Romanenkov, U. Schneider, S. Towprayoon, M. Wattenbach, and J. Smith. 2008. Greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture. Phil Trans R Soc B 2008 63: 789-813.