Piecemeal or combined? Assessing greenhouse gas mitigation spillovers in US forest and agriculture policy portfolios

• Published in: Climate policy Vol. 19; no. 10; pp. 1270 - 1283
• Main Authors: Galik, Christopher S., Latta, Gregory S., Gambino, Christopher
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Taylor & Francis 26.11.2019; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Agricultural economics; Agricultural industry; Agricultural land; Agricultural management; Agricultural policy; Agriculture; Agriculture departments; climate change mitigation; Climate policy; Competition; Conservation Reserve Program; Conversion; Design to cost; emissions; Environmental policy; FASOMGHG; Federal agencies; Forest management; Forests; Gases; Greenhouse effect; Greenhouse gases; Land management; Land use; land use change; land use change and forestry (LULUCF); Management; Markets; Mitigation; Optimization; policy portfolio; pollution control; Portfolios; Program implementation; Reversion; Time periods; United States; USDA; Values; United States > US; United States

Forest and agricultural sector response to comprehensive climate policy is well represented in the literature. Less analysis has been devoted to piecemeal solutions. We use the Forest and Agriculture Sector Optimization Model with Greenhouse Gases (FASOMGHG) to project the individual and combined ef...