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Sind die COP26‐Klimaverhandlungen bereit, die Landwirtschaft mit einzubeziehen?
Author(s) -
Matthews Alan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eurochoices
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.487
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1746-692X
pISSN - 1478-0917
DOI - 10.1111/1746-692x.12325
Subject(s) - negotiation , greenhouse gas , agriculture , receipt , work (physics) , government (linguistics) , climate change , political science , deforestation (computer science) , relevance (law) , business , quarter (canadian coin) , natural resource economics , environmental planning , environmental resource management , economic growth , economics , geography , engineering , accounting , mechanical engineering , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , computer science , law , biology , programming language
Summary Even though agricultural and land sector emissions contribute almost one‐quarter of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere, it has been a long struggle to properly recognise and discuss within the UNFCCC framework the contribution that these sectors can make to the global mitigation effort. This is despite the fact that many countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions highlight the potential for abatement in these sectors, though commitments are often made contingent on receipt of external finance. A major breakthrough occurred with the adoption of the Koronivia Joint Work Programme on Agriculture at COP23 in 2017. The two UNFCCC subsidiary bodies charged with implementing this work programme will report back on its outcomes at the COP26 in Glasgow in November. The UK government’s Campaign for Nature, under its COP Presidency to highlight the importance of nature‐based solutions, can also help to strengthen the focus on the importance of these sectors. This article describes the background to these discussions and discusses possible outcomes at COP26 of relevance to the agriculture and land sectors.