Tudo o que você precisa saber sobre emissões na agropecuária

This fact sheet by the World Resources Institute describes the launch of the GHG Protocol's first international guidelines for the agriculture and livestock sector, providing data on global emissions sources, trends, and mitigation opportunities.

• In 2011, farms emitted 6 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases (GHG), representing approximately 13 percent of total global emissions. This makes the agriculture and livestock sector the second largest source of emissions, following the energy sector.
• The primary drivers of farm emissions are methane (CH4) from livestock belching and nitrous oxide (N2O) from synthetic fertilizers and soil residues, which together account for up to 65 percent of global emissions. Other sources include rice cultivation, crop residue burning, manure management, and on-farm fuel use.
• The ten countries with the highest agricultural emissions in 2011 were China, Brazil, United States, India, Indonesia, Russia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Argentina, Myanmar, and Pakistan, collectively contributing 51 percent of the sector's emissions.
• Global agricultural emissions rose by 8 percent between 1990 and 2010 and are projected to increase by 15 percent by 2030 compared to 2010 levels, reaching nearly 7 billion tonnes per year. Growth is expected to be most significant in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa due to population growth and dietary changes, particularly in high-GHG intensity animal products and vegetable oils.
• Mitigation opportunities include supply-side improvements such as better fertilizer use, soil conservation, pasture rotation, and recovery of degraded areas. On the demand side, reducing meat consumption (especially beef) and addressing the fact that 24 percent of calories produced for human consumption are wasted or lost are key strategies.

APA

Russell, S. (2014). Tudo o que você precisa saber sobre emissões na agropecuária. World Resources Institute. https://www.wri.org/insights/tudo-o-que-voce-precisa-saber-sobre-emissoes-na-agropecuaria

Chicago

Russell, Stephen. Tudo o que você precisa saber sobre emissões na agropecuária. World Resources Institute, 2014. https://www.wri.org/insights/tudo-o-que-voce-precisa-saber-sobre-emissoes-na-agropecuaria.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{russell2014tudo, author = {Russell, Stephen}, title = {{Tudo o que você precisa saber sobre emissões na agropecuária}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2014}, month = may, url = {https://www.wri.org/insights/tudo-o-que-voce-precisa-saber-sobre-emissoes-na-agropecuaria}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }