Agricultural subsidies and global greenhouse gas emissions
Agricultural sectors receive US$600 billion per year in government support, providing incentives for GHG emission-intensive production. Here, the authors show that removing this support will not reduce global GHG emissions by much; rather it will need to be radically redirected to contribute to clim...
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description | Agricultural sectors receive US$600 billion per year in government support, providing incentives for GHG emission-intensive production. Here, the authors show that removing this support will not reduce global GHG emissions by much; rather it will need to be radically redirected to contribute to climate change mitigation. |
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spelling | doaj.art-56efc4b7e8bd465a8ae42dab4fb144df2022-12-21T19:25:59ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232021-05-011211910.1038/s41467-021-22703-1Agricultural subsidies and global greenhouse gas emissionsDavid Laborde0Abdullah Mamun1Will Martin2Valeria Piñeiro3Rob Vos4International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)Agricultural sectors receive US$600 billion per year in government support, providing incentives for GHG emission-intensive production. Here, the authors show that removing this support will not reduce global GHG emissions by much; rather it will need to be radically redirected to contribute to climate change mitigation.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22703-1 |
spellingShingle | David Laborde Abdullah Mamun Will Martin Valeria Piñeiro Rob Vos Agricultural subsidies and global greenhouse gas emissions Nature Communications |
title | Agricultural subsidies and global greenhouse gas emissions |
title_full | Agricultural subsidies and global greenhouse gas emissions |
title_fullStr | Agricultural subsidies and global greenhouse gas emissions |
title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural subsidies and global greenhouse gas emissions |
title_short | Agricultural subsidies and global greenhouse gas emissions |
title_sort | agricultural subsidies and global greenhouse gas emissions |
url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22703-1 |
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