Valuing Climate Change Effects Upon UK Agricultural GHG Emissions: Spatial Analysis of a Regulating Ecosystem Service

David J. Abson; Mette Termansen; Unai Pascual; Uzma Aslam; Carlo Fezzi; Ian Bateman

doi:10.1007/s10640-013-9661-z

Valuing Climate Change Effects Upon UK Agricultural GHG Emissions: Spatial Analysis of a Regulating Ecosystem Service

David J. Abson, Mette Termansen, Unai Pascual, Uzma Aslam, Carlo Fezzi, Ian Bateman

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Abstract

This article provides estimates of the physical and economic value of changes in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions projected to arise from climate change induced shifts in UK agricultural land use during the period 2004-2060. In physical terms, significant regional differences are predicted with the intensity of agricultural GHG emissions increasing in the upland north and western parts of the UK and decreasing in the lowland south and east of the country. Overall these imply relative modest increases in the physical quantity of emissions. However, rapid rises in the expected marginal value of such emissions translate these trends into major increases in their economic costs over the period considered.

Original language	English
Journal	Environmental and Resource Economics
Volume	57
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	215-231
Number of pages	17
ISSN	0924-6460
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-013-9661-z
Publication status	Published - Feb 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Agriculture
Climate change
Ecosystem services
GHG emissions
Land use change

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