Climate change mitigation policy could prevent agricultural expansion at the expense of forests.
Climate change is causing changes in land use in France, particularly in agriculture and forests. By studying different climate change scenarios and implementing a greenhouse gas emissions tax, researchers found that agricultural expansion is increasing at the expense of forests, which could worsen climate change. However, implementing a mitigation policy in agriculture could help counteract this trend by limiting agricultural expansion and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This shows that considering competition for land can make climate change mitigation in agriculture more cost-effective.