Enhanced agricultural carbon sinks provide benefits for farmers and the climate.

ABSTRACT: Carbon sequestration on agricultural land, albeit long-time neglected, offers substantial mitigation potential. Here we project, using an economic land-use model, that these options offer cumulative mitigation potentials comparable to afforestation by 2050 at 160 USD₂₀₂₂ tCO₂ equivalent (tCO₂e^-1), with most of it located in the Global South. Carbon sequestration on agricultural land could provide producers around the world with additional revenues of up to 375 billion USD₂₀₂₂ at 160 USD₂₀₂₂ tCO₂e^-1 and allow achievement of net-zero emissions in the agriculture, forestry and other land-use sectors by 2050 already at economic costs of around 80-120 USD₂₀₂₂ tCO₂e^-1. This wo

SUBMITTER: Frank S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11420069 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature