Greenhouse gas inventory: estimated arable emissions and their mitigation

Analysis of emissions associated with arable in the Greenhouse Gas Inventory (Smart Inventory) and potential mitigation measures.


Footnotes

1. https://countrysidesurvey.org.uk/content/land-cover-map

2. e.g., Warwick HRI (2007), Whitaker et al. (2010), Morrison et al., (2012); as cited by Moxey & Thomson (2021) Disaggregating headline Smart Inventory figures. Report to SG-RESAS.

3. It should be noted that the forthcoming 2019 figures for both the agricultural Smart Inventory and the LULUCF Inventory will be based on a revised methodology introduced to account better for (amongst other things) peatlands and peaty soils. This is anticipated to increase estimated emissions in a number of categories, including 'cultivation of organic soils' and 'grasslands-converted-to-cropland'. Scottish figures are due to be released in June 2021.

4. e.g., Bora et al., (2012), Balafoutis et al. (2017), Ashworth et al., (2018)

5. e.g., Hoy et al., (2014), Janulevičius et al., (2016), Lovarelli & Bacenetti (2019)

6. e.g., Gonzalez-de-Soto et al., (2016), Ghobadpour et al., (2019), Ahmed et al., (2020)

7. e.g., Balafoutis et al. (2017), Snyder (2017), Pedersen et al., (2019)

8. e.g. Lehtinen et al., (2014), Poeplau et al., (2017)

9. e.g., Feliciano et al., (2014), Wreford et al., (2017), Soto et al., (2019)

10. Derived from Eory et al., (2020)

11. e.g., Bertaglia et al., (2016)

Contact

Email: are.futureruralframework@gov.scot

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