Climate Change Research ›› 2023, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (5): 559-572.doi: 10.12006/j.issn.1673-1719.2023.071

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Analysis of the impact of healthy diet on agricultural methane emissions

HUA Er-Shi, CHEN Min-Peng(), CUI Yan-Rong   

  1. Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
  • Received:2023-04-07 Revised:2023-06-02 Online:2023-09-30 Published:2023-09-28

Abstract:

Based on the inventory method, the agricultural CH4 emissions in China from 1981 to 2060 were calculated, and the agricultural CH4 emission reduction effects of five healthy dietary patterns were analyzed based on scenario design. Results show that CH4 emissions from agriculture in China increased from 18.46 Mt to 22.23 Mt from 1981 to 2021, with enteric fermentation, rice cultivation and freshwater aquaculture being the main sources of CH4 emissions. Under the baseline scenario, China’s agricultural CH4 emissions will reach a peak of 24.91 Mt in 2036, and the cumulative emissions from 2022 to 2060 are 940.40 Mt. The five healthy dietary scenarios will promote the early peak of CH4 in China before 2030 (2021-2027), and the cumulative emission reduction potential from 2022 to 2060 is 170.22-343.31 Mt (18%-37%) CH4. Among them, the healthy dietary scenario with relatively less consumption of animal sources food has greater CH4 emission reduction potential.

Key words: Agriculture, Methane, Emission path, Scenario prediction, Mitigation potential

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