Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in all sectors – including agriculture – is key to reach the ambitious European and
national climate targets. We analyse four mitigation scenarios with increasing efforts to reduce GHG emissions from agriculture.
The mitigation scenarios were developed in a stakeholder process and combine several newly implemented and currently developed
policies, agronomic and (socio-)economic developments. By applying three quantitative models, we analyse their effects on
(i) agricultural production activities, (ii) agricultural GHG emissions, and (iii) the national economy (i.e., gross value
added) and employment. The model results show that a significant reduction in GHG emissions comes with a significant reduction
in agricultural production.
Research group:Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis – Climate, Environmental and Resource Economics
