Global climate policy impacts on livestock, land use, livelihoods, and food security

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 110; no. 52; pp. 20894 - 20899
• Main Authors: Golub, Alla A., Henderson, Benjamin B., Hertel, Thomas W., Gerber, Pierre J., Rose, Steven K., Sohngen, Brent
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC National Academy of Sciences 24.12.2013; NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES; National Acad Sciences
• Subjects: Agricultural policy; Agricultural production; Agriculture; Agriculture - economics; Agriculture - methods; Animal productions; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; carbon; Carbon Sequestration; Climate Change; Climate change policy; Climate policy; Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife; cost effectiveness; Developing countries; Emissions; Emissions policy; Environmental policy; Farm buildings; farms; Food consumption; Food industries; food prices; Food security; Food supply; Food Supply - methods; Forestry incentives; forests; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Global climate; greenhouse gas emissions; Greenhouse gases; Households; Human physiology applied to population studies and life conditions. Human ecophysiology; income; labor; Land use; LDCs; livelihood; Livestock; Livestock - metabolism; LIVESTOCK AND GLOBAL CHANGE SPECIAL FEATURE; Livestock production; markets; meat; Medical sciences; Models, Theoretical; Nutritional survey. Food supply and nutritional requirement; Pollutant emissions; Public Policy; Ruminantia; ruminants; Social Sciences; Terrestrial animal productions; Vertebrates; Dynamical climatology; Climate change; Farming animal; Environmental policy; Livelihood; Food security; Global change; Livestock; Animal production; Food supply; Land use

Recent research has shed light on the cost-effective contribution that agriculture can make to global greenhouse gas abatement; however, the resulting impacts on agricultural production, producer livelihoods, and food security remain largely unexplored. This paper provides an integrated assessment o...