Farming emissions are threatening the Paris Agreement. Here’s why

Feb 10, 2021

A combine harvester is harvesting crops.

Poorer countries in Latin America, Southeast Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa have experienced the most pronounced surge in these “land-use change” emissions. Image: Unsplash/Shaun Coward

Brian Bell

Research Fellow, LSE Centre for Economic Performance

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Europe has the lowest land-use emissions, at 0.5 tons per person per year. Image: Nature

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