Implications of Limiting CO2 Concentrations for Land Use and Energy Export

@article{Wise09, abstract = {Limiting atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations to low levels requires strategies to manage anthropogenic carbon emissions from terrestrial systems as well as fossil fuel and industrial sources. We explore the implications of fully integrating terrestrial systems and the energy system into a comprehensive mitigation regime that limits atmospheric CO2 concentrations. We find that this comprehensive approach lowers the cost of meeting environmental goals but also carries with it profound implications for agriculture: Unmanaged ecosystems and forests expand, and food crop and livestock prices rise. Finally, we find that future improvement in food crop productivity directly affects land-use change emissions, making the technology for growing crops potentially important for limiting atmospheric CO2 concentrations. 10.1126/science.1168475}, author = {Wise, Marshall and Calvin, Katherine and Thomson, Allison and Clarke, Leon and Bond-Lamberty, Benjamin and Sands, Ronald and Smith, Steven J. and Janetos, Anthony and Edmonds, James}, citeulike-article-id = {5014699}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1168475}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/324/5931/1183.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/324/5931/1183.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/324/5931/1183}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19478180}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19478180}, day = {29}, doi = {10.1126/science.1168475}, journal = {Science}, month = {May}, number = {5931}, pages = {1183--1186}, posted-at = {2009-10-22 17:50:37}, priority = {2}, title = {Implications of Limiting CO2 Concentrations for Land Use and Energy}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1168475}, volume = {324}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - Wise09 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5014699 N2 - Limiting atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations to low levels requires strategies to manage anthropogenic carbon emissions from terrestrial systems as well as fossil fuel and industrial sources. We explore the implications of fully integrating terrestrial systems and the energy system into a comprehensive mitigation regime that limits atmospheric CO2 concentrations. We find that this comprehensive approach lowers the cost of meeting environmental goals but also carries with it profound implications for agriculture: Unmanaged ecosystems and forests expand, and food crop and livestock prices rise. Finally, we find that future improvement in food crop productivity directly affects land-use change emissions, making the technology for growing crops potentially important for limiting atmospheric CO2 concentrations. 10.1126/science.1168475 IS - 5931 JF - Science EP - 1186 TI - Implications of Limiting CO2 Concentrations for Land Use and Energy VL - 324 SP - 1183 AU - Wise, Marshall AU - Calvin, Katherine AU - Thomson, Allison AU - Clarke, Leon AU - Bond-Lamberty, Benjamin AU - Sands, Ronald AU - Smith, Steven AU - Janetos, Anthony AU - Edmonds, James PY - 2009/05/29/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1168475 ER -