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来源类型 | Project |
规范类型 | 研究项目 |
项目编号 | 2660-02 |
Testing of a Farm Carbon Calculator | |
Dr. Ana Frelih-Larsen; Sandra Naumann; Johanna von Toggenburg; Stephanie Wunder; Elizabeth Dooley JD, LLM | |
开始日期 | 2011-12 |
结束日期 | 2013-03 |
资助机构 | European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) |
概述 | This study supports the Joint Research Centre in a pilot project on the "certification of low carbon farming practices in the European Union". An EU-wide survey of data availability for a carbon calculator tool is carried out, along with the testing of the tool and assessment of policy options for promoting its use. The project documents are available for download.Agriculture plays an important role in climate change mitigation efforts. The direct emissions of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) from agriculture account for around nine percent of total EU-27 emissions. Specifically, agricultureRead more |
摘要 | This study supports the Joint Research Centre in a pilot project on the "certification of low carbon farming practices in the European Union". An EU-wide survey of data availability for a carbon calculator tool is carried out, along with the testing of the tool and assessment of policy options for promoting its use. The project documents are available for download. Agriculture plays an important role in climate change mitigation efforts. The direct emissions of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) from agriculture account for around nine percent of total EU-27 emissions. Specifically, agriculture is the most important source of two powerful gases, nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) and contributes to a smaller share of CO2 emissions from land use and from fossil energy. Over the past 20 years, emissions from agriculture have been reduced as a result of increases in productivity and a decline in cattle numbers, as well as improvement in farm management practices and policies. Nonetheless, without additional efforts this downward trend is unlikely to continue. In 2010, The European Parliament asked the European Commission to carry out a pilot project on the "certification of low carbon farming practices in the European Union" to promote reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and to consider all the main contributing factors. This pilot project is being overseen by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and this study supports the JRC in the pilot project. Specifically, the study aims to:
Ecologic Institute carries out the survey and the testing of the calculator in Germany, Slovenia and Poland. Ecologic Institute is also responsible for the assessment of policy options. |
标签 | Agriculture ; Climate ; Soil |
关键词 | farming practices soil management climate change mitigation greenhouse gas emissions carbon calculator Europe Germany Slovenia Poland |
URL | https://www.ecologic.eu/8090 |
来源智库 | Ecologic Institute (Germany) |
资源类型 | 智库项目 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/39132 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Dr. Ana Frelih-Larsen,Sandra Naumann,Johanna von Toggenburg,et al. Testing of a Farm Carbon Calculator. 2011. |
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