Fig. 1: Trade-offs between profit, production, mitigation and adoptability for multiple adaptation/mitigation interventions to beef farms under 2030 and 2050 climates.
From: Costs of transitioning the livestock sector to net-zero emissions under future climates
a, b show the relationship between production and profit with change in GHG emissions and adoptability. c, d show marginal abatement cost curves, with trade-offs between mitigation quanta and cost of intervention. Adaptation/mitigation interventions were co-designed with a Regional Reference Group of expert practitioners for 2030 (a, c) and 2050 (b, d) climates, LHF Low Hanging Fruit, TCN Towards Carbon Neutral, ID Income Diversification, TA Transformational Adaptation. Purple stars depict the baseline scenario. Total emissions for the baseline scenario shown in parentheses in (a) and (b). Asp Asparagopsis taxiformis as a feed supplement; CH4 vac injecting animals with an enteric CH4 inhibitor vaccine, CCD changing calving date, Deep-Root increasing pasture root depth, FCE increasing livestock feed conversion efficiency, SR increasing stocking rate, TFCE transformational increases in livestock feed conversion efficiency. The operators represent a relative increase (+), reduction (−), or no changes (=) in GHG emissions compared to the baseline.
