Editing IPCC:AR6/WGIII/Chapter-7 (section)

=== FAQ 7.2 | What AFOLU measures have the greatest economic mitigation potential? ===

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Economic mitigation potential refers to the mitigation estimated to be possible at an annual cost of up to USD100 tCO 2 –1 mitigated. This cost is deemed the price at which society is willing to pay for mitigation and is used as a proxy to estimate the proportion of technical mitigation potential that could realistically be implemented. Between 2020 and 2050, measures concerning forests and other ecosystem are estimated to have an average annual mitigation potential of 7.3 (3.9–13.1) GtCO 2 -eq yr –1 at USD100 tCO 2 –1 . At the same cost, agricultural measures are estimated to have a potential of 4.1 (1.7–6.7) GtCO 2 -eq yr –1 . Emerging technologies, such as CH 4 vaccines and inhibitors, could sustainably increase agricultural mitigation potential in future. The diverted production effects of changes in demand (reduced food losses, diet changes and improved and enhanced wood products use), is estimated to have an economic potential of 2.2 (1.1–3.6) GtCO 2 -eq yr –1 . However, cost forms only one constraint to mitigation, with realisation of economic potential dependent on multiple context-specific environmental and socio-cultural factors.

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