TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing the global land resource
AU - Smith, Pete
N1 - Acknowledgments Acknowledgments
I thank many collaborators who have contributed to these studies over the years.
Funding Statement:
The input of PS contributes to the following projects: DEVIL [NE/M021327/1], MAGLUE [EP/M013200/1], U-GRASS [NE/M016900/1], Assess-BECCS [funded by UKERC] and Soils-R-GRREAT [NE/P019455/1].
PY - 2018/3/14
Y1 - 2018/3/14
N2 - With a growing population with changing demands, competition for the global land resource is increasing. We need to feed a projected population of 9-10 billion by 2050, rising to ~12 billion by 2100. At the same time, we need to reduce the climate impact of agriculture, forestry and other land use, and we almost certainly need to deliver land-based greenhouse gas removal for additional climate change mitigation. In addition, we need to deliver progress toward meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, all without compromising the many ecosystem services provided by land and without exceeding planetary boundaries. Managing the land to tackle these pressing issues is a major global challenge. In this perspective paper, I provide a very broad overview of the main challenges, and explore co-benefits, trade-offs and possible solutions.
AB - With a growing population with changing demands, competition for the global land resource is increasing. We need to feed a projected population of 9-10 billion by 2050, rising to ~12 billion by 2100. At the same time, we need to reduce the climate impact of agriculture, forestry and other land use, and we almost certainly need to deliver land-based greenhouse gas removal for additional climate change mitigation. In addition, we need to deliver progress toward meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, all without compromising the many ecosystem services provided by land and without exceeding planetary boundaries. Managing the land to tackle these pressing issues is a major global challenge. In this perspective paper, I provide a very broad overview of the main challenges, and explore co-benefits, trade-offs and possible solutions.
KW - climate change
KW - land
KW - food security
KW - greenhouse gas removal
KW - biodiversity
KW - sustainable development goal
KW - ecosystem service
U2 - 10.1098/rspb.2017.2798
DO - 10.1098/rspb.2017.2798
M3 - Article
VL - 285
JO - Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences
JF - Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences
SN - 0962-8452
IS - 1874
M1 - 20172798
ER -