Which practices co-deliver food security, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and combat land degradation and desertification?

ABSTRACT: There is a clear need for transformative change in the land management and food production sectors to address the global land challenges of climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, combatting land degradation and desertification, and delivering food security (referred to hereafter as "land challenges"). We assess the potential for 40 practices to address these land challenges and find that: Nine options deliver medium to large benefits for all four land challenges. A further two options have no global estimates for adaptation, but have medium to large benefits for all other land challenges. Five options have large mitigation potential (>3 Gt CO₂ eq/year) without adverse impacts on the other land challenges. Five options have moderate mitigation potential, with no ad

SUBMITTER: Smith P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7079138 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature