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Advancing quantification of Australia's beef cattle and sheep emissions accounts - Carbon sinks and emissions hot spots battle it out en route to net zero

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  • Bowen Butchart, Dominique
  • Christie-Whitehead, Karen Michelle
  • Roberts, Geoff
  • Eisner, Rowan
  • Reinke, Hayden
  • Munidasa, Sineka
  • Macdonald, Ainslie
  • Higgins, Vaughan
  • Doran-Browne, Natalie
  • Harrison, Matthew Tom

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Rapid decarbonisation is required to mitigate climate change. An overdependence on land-based carbon capture threatens food production, indigenous and local rights, biodiversity, and climate overshoot. Accurate emissions estimates are important for tracking progress towards net zero goals and efficiently determining land requirements to balance un-avoided emissions.

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  • Bowen Butchart, Dominique & Christie-Whitehead, Karen Michelle & Roberts, Geoff & Eisner, Rowan & Reinke, Hayden & Munidasa, Sineka & Macdonald, Ainslie & Higgins, Vaughan & Doran-Browne, Natalie & Ha, 2025. "Advancing quantification of Australia's beef cattle and sheep emissions accounts - Carbon sinks and emissions hot spots battle it out en route to net zero," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 222(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:agisys:v:222:y:2025:i:c:s0308521x24003184
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104168
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