Multiple Constraint Estimates of the European Carbon Balance

Author(s):  
Martin Heimann ◽  
Christian Rödenbeck ◽  
Galina Churkina
1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 523-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
NIALL P. HANAN ◽  
PAVEL KABAT ◽  
JOHANNES A. DOLMAN ◽  
JAN A. ELBERS
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Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-60
Author(s):  
Sungjee Choi ◽  
Inwoo Nam ◽  
Jaehwan Kim

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle Dippery ◽  
Suzanne Smith ◽  
Zhaojun Bai

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Seger ◽  
Ming Ma ◽  
Gaston Larrazabal

2005 ◽  
Vol 156 (11) ◽  
pp. 438-441
Author(s):  
Arbeitsgruppe Wald- und ◽  
Holzwirtschaft im Klimaschutz

With the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol aimed at reducing greenhouse gases, Switzerland is committed to reducing CO2emissions by 4.2 million tonnes by 2008. The forests in Switzerland could contribute to the country's national carbon balance with maximum 1.8 million tonnes reduction of CO2. With an increased use of the forest the emissions could be reduced by up to 2 million tonnes by the substitution of other materials. With a targeted forest management policy carbon sink reduction and the substitution value of the forest could be balanced against one another. In the framework of climate policy the Federal government should create the legal and organisational conditions for this.


Tellus B ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brynhildur Bjarnadottir ◽  
Bjarni D. Sigurdsson ◽  
Anders Lindroth

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2010 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Metsaranta ◽  
W. A. Kurz ◽  
E. T. Neilson ◽  
G. Stinson

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (7) ◽  
pp. 1063-1075
Author(s):  
Peng YAN ◽  
Yan-Li XU ◽  
Qi WANG ◽  
Feng-Lu ZHANG ◽  
Rui-Jie LI ◽  
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Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 351
Author(s):  
Bernardo Martin-Gorriz ◽  
Victoriano Martínez-Alvarez ◽  
José Francisco Maestre-Valero ◽  
Belén Gallego-Elvira

Curbing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to combat climate change is a major global challenge. Although irrigated agriculture consumes considerable energy that generates GHG emissions, the biomass produced also represents an important CO2 sink, which can counterbalance the emissions. The source of the water supply considerably influences the irrigation energy consumption and, consequently, the resulting carbon footprint. This study evaluates the potential impact on the carbon footprint of partially and fully replacing the conventional supply from Tagus–Segura water transfer (TSWT) with desalinated seawater (DSW) in the irrigation districts of the Segura River basin (south-eastern Spain). The results provide evidence that the crop GHG emissions depend largely on the water source and, consequently, its carbon footprint. In this sense, in the hypothetical scenario of the TSWT being completely replaced with DSW, GHG emissions may increase by up to 50% and the carbon balance could be reduced by 41%. However, even in this unfavourable situation, irrigated agriculture in the study area could still act as a CO2 sink with a negative total and specific carbon balance of −707,276 t CO2/year and −8.10 t CO2/ha-year, respectively. This study provides significant policy implications for understanding the water–energy–food nexus in water-scarce regions.


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