Harmonizing food systems emissions accounting for more effective climate action DOI Creative Commons
Kevin Karl, Francesco N. Tubiello, Monica Crippa

et al.

Deleted Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2(1), P. 015001 - 015001

Published: Nov. 7, 2024

Abstract Food systems—encompassing activities in food production, land-use change, supply chains and waste management—contribute significantly to climate change. Recent estimates indicate that systems produce over 30% of annual anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (about 20% CO 2 , 50% CH 4 75% N O), with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimating a notably broad range 23%–42% global GHG emissions. This paper synthesizes current research contributions highlights challenges quantifying their impact proposes harmonized accounting framework for more effective action. We recommend an expert committee aligned IPCC develop guidance four key areas, including: (1) defining system boundaries nomenclature; (2) developing protocols allocate broader sectoral systems; (3) prioritizing critical areas into activity data factors; (4) balanced evaluating mitigation interventions light other imperatives. The should be integrated two international policy processes—the United Nations Framework Convention Systems Summit—to support coordinated action towards net-zero goals. Guidance from could improve ability governments, companies, researchers estimate, report, monitor ultimately reduce impacts systems.

Language: Английский

Contestations in the emerging soil-based carbon economy: towards a research agenda DOI Creative Commons
Julie Ingram, Damian Maye, Mark S. Reed

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Sustainability Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 4, 2025

Abstract This paper highlights the need to consider processes and relations in political, knowledge, technical socio-material complex that underpins emergence of a soil-based carbon economy. economy, characterised by proliferation voluntary markets, farming policies, supply chain other initiatives, operates through private mechanisms (offsetting, insetting) public policy instruments. emerging economy entails number inherent political knowledge contestations associated with claims around mitigation potential soil sequestration farming. We adapt social ecological systems (SES) framework understand these draw on corpus agricultural, ecological, science literatures identify pose critical questions for future research. conceptualise as interactions outcomes among actors embedded within defined SES (governance, resource systems, units, actors). Five themes are identified: Marketisation, abstraction technogovernance; Power expert knowledge; Disputing meaning value carbon; Disruptions: new interfaces, configurations actor relations; Uncertainties capabilities. These underpin research agenda proposal. argue an integrative conceptualisation is essential equitably account broad mix social, technical, economic, contexts which present options operationalising conceptualisation.

Language: Английский

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Forests, carbon, and climate change: Why our obsession with monetizing forest carbon may be counter productive DOI
Thomas H. DeLuca

Forest Ecology and Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 586, P. 122691 - 122691

Published: April 6, 2025

Language: Английский

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Mitigation justice DOI Creative Commons
Peter B. Reich, Kathryn Grace, Arun Agrawal

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 122(17)

Published: April 21, 2025

Mitigating climate change and social injustice are critical, interwoven challenges. Climate is driven by grossly unequal contributions to elevated greenhouse gas emissions among individuals, socioeconomic groups, nations. Yet, its deleterious impacts disproportionately affect poor less powerful nations, the within each nation. This prompts a call for mitigation strategies that buffer poorest most vulnerable against impacts. Unfortunately, all also reshape social, economic, political, ecological processes in ways may create injustices—i.e., unique set of injustices not caused change, but designed stem it. Failing stop an answer—this will swamp adverse even unjust terms scope scale disastrous consequences. However, without justice uniquely negative consequences more vulnerable. The ensuing analysis systematically assesses how can generate or ameliorate injustices. We first examine science interact countries. then ask what there learn from available evidence on reductions, well-being, equity have unfolded Finally, we discuss intersection between reduction through actions important domains including energy, technology, transport, food systems; nature-based solutions; policy governance.

Language: Английский

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Managing for climate and production goals on crop-lands DOI Creative Commons
Shelby C. McClelland, Déborah Bossio, Doria R. Gordon

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Nature Climate Change, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: May 19, 2025

Language: Английский

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Defining Climate Finance Justice: Critical Geographies of Justice Amid Financialized Climate Action DOI Creative Commons
Lauren Gifford, Laura Aileen Sauls

Geography Compass, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 18(11)

Published: Oct. 29, 2024

ABSTRACT Given the exponential growth in financial investments to support climate change mitigation and adaptation, particularly shaped as capital flows from Global North South, an incredible amount of research has come out recent years interrogating various modes finance. This article provides overview “climate finance justice,” emerging subfield scholarship that asks “What kinds justice injustice do we see finance? How does influence constructions capital? And how can be more just?” As is often framed a response calls for justice, offers space which rigorously comprehensively analyze outcomes these capital, power. Yet field still new, would benefit further inclusion broader array fields influences, including postcolonial, poststructural, feminist, indigenous, urban, post‐political other critical perspectives inform scholarship, challenge dominant conceptualizations equity. highlights explores United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) means understanding its applied implications. It situates evolution within literature neoliberal natures, political ecology, geographies economy.

Language: Английский

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Harmonizing food systems emissions accounting for more effective climate action DOI Creative Commons
Kevin Karl, Francesco N. Tubiello, Monica Crippa

et al.

Deleted Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2(1), P. 015001 - 015001

Published: Nov. 7, 2024

Abstract Food systems—encompassing activities in food production, land-use change, supply chains and waste management—contribute significantly to climate change. Recent estimates indicate that systems produce over 30% of annual anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (about 20% CO 2 , 50% CH 4 75% N O), with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimating a notably broad range 23%–42% global GHG emissions. This paper synthesizes current research contributions highlights challenges quantifying their impact proposes harmonized accounting framework for more effective action. We recommend an expert committee aligned IPCC develop guidance four key areas, including: (1) defining system boundaries nomenclature; (2) developing protocols allocate broader sectoral systems; (3) prioritizing critical areas into activity data factors; (4) balanced evaluating mitigation interventions light other imperatives. The should be integrated two international policy processes—the United Nations Framework Convention Systems Summit—to support coordinated action towards net-zero goals. Guidance from could improve ability governments, companies, researchers estimate, report, monitor ultimately reduce impacts systems.

Language: Английский

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