ANIMALCHANGE

ANIMALCHANGE will for the first time provide a vision of the future of the global livestock sector under climate change to provide a sound basis for the development of strategies and policies to reduce climate change impacts on, and emissions from, livestock systems at farm, sector and regional scales.

The core analytical spine of the project is a series of coupled biophysical and socio-economic models combined with experimentation. This allows exploring future scenarios for the livestock sector under baseline and atmospheric CO2 stabilization scenarios.

Reduced uncertainties concerning GHG emissions from livestock systems Include climate variability as part of impact assessment.

Cutting-edge technologies for mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Economic and societal costs of business as usual and of adaptation and mitigation scenarios.

Vulnerability of livestock to climate change and feedbacks on GHG emissions.

Direct support to set up policies for mitigation and adaptation to climate change for the livestock sector.

Outreach to stakeholders through symposia, training events and a network to alert stakeholders of project outputs.