Fig. 4: Trade-offs between production, profit (pre-carbon tax), adoptability and net farm emissions for multiple thematic adaptations to sheep farming systems in 2030 (a–c) and 2050 (d–f).
From: Costs of transitioning the livestock sector to net-zero emissions under future climates
Bar charts on the left with dimensions shown on vertical axes (a, d) for livestock production (top), profit (centre) and net GHG emissions (bottom). These values were normalised by the greatest corresponding value for each metric (see Methods: Normalised Multidimensional Impact Assessments) in stacked horizontal bar charts (b, e) for multidimensional impact assessment. Normalised values for each metric (b, c, e, f) range from zero to one. Ternary plots (c, f) show normalised net emissions, profit and livestock production as well as ease of adoption attributed by the regional reference group. Hist: historical climates, Base existing farming system under future climates, LHF low-hanging fruit package, TCN towards carbon neutral package, ID income diversification, Asp Asparagopsis taxiformis as a feed supplement, TFCE adopting livestock genotypes with transformational feed conversion efficiency, Asp + PT (Asp + planting 200 ha trees), CN1 carbon neutral package 1 (Asp + TFCE + planting 200 ha trees), CN2 carbon neutral package 2 (Asp + TFCE + 220 ha trees), CN3: carbon neutral package 3 (Asp + renovating pastures with lucerne + planting 200 ha trees), CN4 carbon neutral package 4 (Asp+ renovating pastures with lucerne + 220 ha trees).
