Short- and long-term warming effects of methane may affect the cost-effectiveness of mitigation policies and benefits of low-meat diets
Methane’s short atmospheric life has important implications for the design of global climate change mitigation policies in agriculture. Three different agricultural economic models are used to explore how short- and long-term warming effects of methane can affect the cost-effectiveness of mitigation...
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| author | Pérez-Domínguez, I del Prado, A Mittenzwei, K Hristov, J Frank, S Tabeau, A Witzke, P Havlik, P van Meijl, H Lynch, J Stehfest, E Pardo, G Barreiro-Hurle, J Koopman, JFL Jose Sanz-Sanchez, M |
| author_facet | Pérez-Domínguez, I del Prado, A Mittenzwei, K Hristov, J Frank, S Tabeau, A Witzke, P Havlik, P van Meijl, H Lynch, J Stehfest, E Pardo, G Barreiro-Hurle, J Koopman, JFL Jose Sanz-Sanchez, M |
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| description | Methane’s short atmospheric life has important implications for the design of global climate change mitigation policies in agriculture. Three different agricultural economic models are used to explore how short- and long-term warming effects of methane can affect the cost-effectiveness of mitigation policies and dietary transitions. Results show that the choice of a particular metric for methane’s warming potential is key to determine optimal mitigation options, with metrics based on shorter-term impacts leading to greater overall emission reduction. Also, the promotion of low-meat diets is more effective at reducing greenhouse gas emissions compared to carbon pricing when mitigation policies are based on metrics that reflect methane’s long-term behaviour. A combination of stringent mitigation measures and dietary changes could achieve substantial emission reduction levels, helping reverse the contribution of agriculture to global warming. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:8bdbfee7-16ae-424c-a54d-19692304c5b32022-03-26T22:40:54ZShort- and long-term warming effects of methane may affect the cost-effectiveness of mitigation policies and benefits of low-meat dietsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:8bdbfee7-16ae-424c-a54d-19692304c5b3EnglishSymplectic ElementsSpringer Nature2021Pérez-Domínguez, Idel Prado, AMittenzwei, KHristov, JFrank, STabeau, AWitzke, PHavlik, Pvan Meijl, HLynch, JStehfest, EPardo, GBarreiro-Hurle, JKoopman, JFLJose Sanz-Sanchez, MMethane’s short atmospheric life has important implications for the design of global climate change mitigation policies in agriculture. Three different agricultural economic models are used to explore how short- and long-term warming effects of methane can affect the cost-effectiveness of mitigation policies and dietary transitions. Results show that the choice of a particular metric for methane’s warming potential is key to determine optimal mitigation options, with metrics based on shorter-term impacts leading to greater overall emission reduction. Also, the promotion of low-meat diets is more effective at reducing greenhouse gas emissions compared to carbon pricing when mitigation policies are based on metrics that reflect methane’s long-term behaviour. A combination of stringent mitigation measures and dietary changes could achieve substantial emission reduction levels, helping reverse the contribution of agriculture to global warming. |
| spellingShingle | Pérez-Domínguez, I del Prado, A Mittenzwei, K Hristov, J Frank, S Tabeau, A Witzke, P Havlik, P van Meijl, H Lynch, J Stehfest, E Pardo, G Barreiro-Hurle, J Koopman, JFL Jose Sanz-Sanchez, M Short- and long-term warming effects of methane may affect the cost-effectiveness of mitigation policies and benefits of low-meat diets |
| title | Short- and long-term warming effects of methane may affect the cost-effectiveness of mitigation policies and benefits of low-meat diets |
| title_full | Short- and long-term warming effects of methane may affect the cost-effectiveness of mitigation policies and benefits of low-meat diets |
| title_fullStr | Short- and long-term warming effects of methane may affect the cost-effectiveness of mitigation policies and benefits of low-meat diets |
| title_full_unstemmed | Short- and long-term warming effects of methane may affect the cost-effectiveness of mitigation policies and benefits of low-meat diets |
| title_short | Short- and long-term warming effects of methane may affect the cost-effectiveness of mitigation policies and benefits of low-meat diets |
| title_sort | short and long term warming effects of methane may affect the cost effectiveness of mitigation policies and benefits of low meat diets |
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