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1125: Zero carbon land use

This paper is summarised from the Centre for Alternative Technology’s vision for the next 20 years ‘zerocarbonbritain2030’

Year of Publication2010

A zero carbon land use scenario could produce a healthy diet for Britain by 2030 from only 29% of the land currently used for food production, supplemented by low-carbon imports. Cattle and sheep stocks in particular would be much reduced but poultry and pigs less so. Total greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture are reduced to a fifth of their current quantity. Meanwhile the sector provides enough biomass to fulfil the fuel needs of the other sectors and to sequester carbon at a rate of 67 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year.

This item is categorised as follows

• Subject Collection > Renewable energy > Biomass & biofuel
• Subject Collection > Rural policy & development > Economic development
• Subject Collection > Environmental impact > Climate change

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