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View article: Regenerative agriculture amplifies productivity and profitability while negating greenhouse gas emissions
Regenerative agriculture amplifies productivity and profitability while negating greenhouse gas emissions Open
The broad philosophy comprising regenerative agriculture can be deconstructed into several underpinning components, including adaptive multi-paddock grazing (AMP), improved biodiversity, silvopasture, and minimal use of cultivation and syn…
View article: Transformative action towards regenerative food systems: A large-scale case study
Transformative action towards regenerative food systems: A large-scale case study Open
We urgently need to foster regenerative food systems that mutually reinforce human and ecological health. However, we have limited understanding of the action pathways that could encourage the emergence of such systems. Here we report on a…
View article: The Path to Net-Zero in Dairy Production: Are Pronounced Decreases in Enteric Methane Achievable?
The Path to Net-Zero in Dairy Production: Are Pronounced Decreases in Enteric Methane Achievable? Open
Achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in dairy production will require >50% reduction in enteric methane (CH 4 ) emissions together with elimination of emissions from feed production, additional carbon sequestration, reduction …
View article: AgriFoodPy: a package for modelling foodsystems
AgriFoodPy: a package for modelling foodsystems Open
AgriFoodPy is an open-source Python package for processing, simulation, and modeling of
agrifood datasets and systems. By employing xarray (Hoyer & Hamman, 2017) as the primary
data structure, AgriFoodPy provides methods to manipulate tabu…
View article: The Regenerative Lens: A conceptual framework for regenerative social-ecological systems
The Regenerative Lens: A conceptual framework for regenerative social-ecological systems Open
Societies must transform their dynamics to support the flourishing of life. There is increasing interest in regeneration and regenerative practice as a solution, but also limited cohered understanding of what constitutes regenerative syste…
View article: Are single global warming potential impact assessments adequate for carbon footprints of agri-food systems?
Are single global warming potential impact assessments adequate for carbon footprints of agri-food systems? Open
The vast majority of agri-food climate-based sustainability analyses use global warming potential (GWP 100 ) as an impact assessment, usually in isolation; however, in recent years, discussions have criticised the ‘across-the-board’ applic…
View article: Towards net zero in agriculture: Future challenges and opportunities for arable, livestock and protected cropping systems in the UK
Towards net zero in agriculture: Future challenges and opportunities for arable, livestock and protected cropping systems in the UK Open
The agricultural sector faces multiple challenges linked to increased climate uncertainty, causing severe shocks including increased frequency of extreme weather events, new pest and disease risks, soil degradation, and pre and postharvest…
View article: Large Methane Emission Fluxes Observed From Tropical Wetlands in Zambia
Large Methane Emission Fluxes Observed From Tropical Wetlands in Zambia Open
Methane (CH 4 ) is a potent greenhouse gas with a warming potential 84 times that of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) over a 20‐year period. Atmospheric CH 4 concentrations have been rising since the nineteenth century but the cause of large increas…
View article: Transformations to regenerative food systems—An outline of the FixOurFood project
Transformations to regenerative food systems—An outline of the FixOurFood project Open
This paper provides an outline of a new interdisciplinary project called FixOurFood , funded through UKRI’s ‘Transforming UK food systems’ programme. FixOurFood aims to transform the Yorkshire food system to a regenerative food system and …
View article: Isotopic signatures of methane emissions from tropical fires, agriculture and wetlands: the MOYA and ZWAMPS flights
Isotopic signatures of methane emissions from tropical fires, agriculture and wetlands: the MOYA and ZWAMPS flights Open
We report methane isotopologue data from aircraft and ground measurements in Africa and South America. Aircraft campaigns sampled strong methane fluxes over tropical papyrus wetlands in the Nile, Congo and Zambezi basins, herbaceous wetlan…
View article: Methane and the Paris Agreement temperature goals
Methane and the Paris Agreement temperature goals Open
Meeting the Paris Agreement temperature goal necessitates limiting methane (CH 4 )-induced warming, in addition to achieving net-zero or (net-negative) carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions. In our model, for the median 1.5°C scenario between 2…
View article: Comment on ‘Unintentional unfairness when applying new greenhouse gas emissions metrics at country level’
Comment on ‘Unintentional unfairness when applying new greenhouse gas emissions metrics at country level’ Open
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View article: FaIRv2.0.0: a generalized impulse response model for climate uncertainty and future scenario exploration
FaIRv2.0.0: a generalized impulse response model for climate uncertainty and future scenario exploration Open
Here we present an update to the FaIR model for use in probabilistic future climate and scenario exploration, integrated assessment, policy analysis, and education. In this update we have focussed on identifying a minimum level of structur…
View article: Ensuring that offsets and other internationally transferred mitigation outcomes contribute effectively to limiting global warming
Ensuring that offsets and other internationally transferred mitigation outcomes contribute effectively to limiting global warming Open
Ensuring the environmental integrity of internationally transferred mitigation outcomes, whether through offset arrangements, a market mechanism or non-market approaches, is a priority for the implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agree…
View article: Agriculture's Contribution to Climate Change and Role in Mitigation Is Distinct From Predominantly Fossil CO2-Emitting Sectors
Agriculture's Contribution to Climate Change and Role in Mitigation Is Distinct From Predominantly Fossil CO2-Emitting Sectors Open
Agriculture is a significant contributor to anthropogenic global warming, and reducing agricultural emissions—largely methane and nitrous oxide—could play a significant role in climate change mitigation. However, there are important differ…
View article: Further improvement of warming-equivalent emissions calculation
Further improvement of warming-equivalent emissions calculation Open
GWP* was recently proposed1 as a simple metric for calculating warming-equivalent emissions by equating a change in the rate of emission of a short-lived climate pollutant (SLCP) to a pulse emission of carbon-dioxide. Other metrics aiming …
View article: FaIRv2.0.0: a generalised impulse-response model for climateuncertainty and future scenario exploration
FaIRv2.0.0: a generalised impulse-response model for climateuncertainty and future scenario exploration Open
Here we present an update to the FaIR model for use in probabilistic future climate and scenario exploration, integrated assessment, policy analysis and education. In this update we have focussed on identifying a minimum level of structura…
View article: Quantifying non-CO2 contributions to remaining carbon budgets
Quantifying non-CO2 contributions to remaining carbon budgets Open
<p>The IPCC Special Report on 1.5&#176;C concluded that the maximum level of anthropogenic global warming is &#8220;determined by cumulative net global anthropogenic CO2 emissions up to the time of net zero CO2 emissions and …
View article: GIR v1.0.0: a generalised impulse-response model for climate uncertainty and future scenario exploration
GIR v1.0.0: a generalised impulse-response model for climate uncertainty and future scenario exploration Open
Here we present a Generalised Impulse Response (GIR) model for use in probabilistic future climate and scenario exploration, integrated assessment, policy analysis and teaching. This model is based on a set of only six equations, which cor…
View article: Demonstrating GWP*: a means of reporting warming-equivalent emissions that captures the contrasting impacts of short- and long-lived climate pollutants
Demonstrating GWP*: a means of reporting warming-equivalent emissions that captures the contrasting impacts of short- and long-lived climate pollutants Open
The atmospheric lifetime and radiative impacts of different climate pollutants can both differ markedly, so metrics that equate emissions using a single scaling factor, such as the 100-year Global Warming Potential (GWP 100 ), can be misle…
View article: Methane Mitigation: Methods to Reduce Emissions, on the Path to the Paris Agreement
Methane Mitigation: Methods to Reduce Emissions, on the Path to the Paris Agreement Open
The atmospheric methane burden is increasing rapidly, contrary to pathways compatible with the goals of the 2015 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Paris Agreement. Urgent action is required to bring methane back to a pa…
View article: Comment on ‘Unintentional unfairness when applying new greenhouse gas emissions metrics at country level’
Comment on ‘Unintentional unfairness when applying new greenhouse gas emissions metrics at country level’ Open
Here, we provide a comment in response to a recently published paper ‘Unintentional unfairness when applying new greenhouse gas emissions metrics at country level’ by Rogelj and Schleussner (2019). We note a number of errors in their criti…