Agriculture, Land Use and the Path to Net Zero

Dr Robert M. Rees is Professor in Agriculture and Climate Change and Head of the Carbon Management Centre at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), UK. With over 150 published papers, Professor Rees is internationally renowned for his research on soil carbon sequestration, agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation, nutrient cycling and ways agriculture can adapt to climate change.Dr Jørgen E. Olesen is Professor in Climate Change and Agriculture and Head of the Department of Agroecology at Aarhus University, Denmark. He is also an Adjunct Professor at both the University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Ganzu Agricultural University, China. He has an international reputation for his research on the effect of agriculture on the environment and how environmental change affects agroecosystems.

• Part 1 The problem1.The climate problem and the role of agriculture: David Reay, University of Edinburgh, UK;2.Key issues and challenges in accounting for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions: Don Wuebbles, University of Illinois, USA;3.Sources of on-farm nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions: Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, Aarhus University, Denmark;4.Sources of methane (CH4) from livestock and land use: Frank Mitloehner, University of California-Davis, USA;5.Land use and the global carbon cycle: Syvlia Vetter, University of Aberdeen, UK;Part 2 Solutions6.Mitigating nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from agriculture: Cecile de Kein, AgResearch, New Zealand;7.Mitigating methane (CH4) emissions from agriculture: Carol-Anne Duthie, SRUC, UK;8.Increasing carbon sinks: options for soil carbon sequestration: Bas van Wesemael, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium;9.Farmer decision making and climate change: Andrew Barnes, SRUC, UK;Part 3 National and regional profiles10.Africa: climate change, agriculture and land use: Ngoni Chirinda, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco;11.Europe: climate change, agriculture and land use: Jørgen E. Olesen, Aarhus University, Denmark;12.North America: climate change, agriculture and land use: Erin Daly, University of Guelph, Canada;13.South America: climate change, agriculture and land use: Patricia Rici, INTA, Argentina;14.East Asia: climate change, agriculture and land use: Xiaotang Ju, Hainan University, China;15.South Asia: climate change, agriculture and land use: Abdul Wakeel, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan;16.Global implications for agriculture and land use change to achieve net zero: Gerard Ros, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands;