Climate Change
Overview
Because greenhouse gas emissions are linked to almost every industry, including agriculture, manufacturing and transportation, they must be considered when looking at the future of all these industries. Agriculture and forestry are somewhat unique in their ability to both produce and reduce greenhouse gasses. According to the EPA, agriculture in the United States accounts for 7-8% of the nation's total greenhouse gas emissions. The biological processes inherent in agriculture production, however, have the potential to allow agriculture to offset vastly more emissions than it produces. Read the full overview
Note: Recently added resources are posted at the top of the applicable sections.
Major Statutes
New legislation will be added to this section as it becomes law.
Regulations
Case Law
Administrative Law Decisions
Center Research Publications
Congressional Research Service Reports
Climate ChangeEnvironmental Issues
Agricultural Law Bibliography
Environmental Issues
Land Use Regulation
Reference Resources
Crop Systems & Global Change
ARS Global Change National Program
Briefing Room: Global Climate Change
Briefing Room: Conservation Policy
Briefing Room: Environmental Interactions with Agricultural Production
Briefing Room: Global Resources and Productivity
Publications:
Agricultural Land Tenure and Carbon Offsets (Claassen and Morehart, 2009)
Environmental Credit Trading (Ribaudo, Amber Waves, 2006)
Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture Economically Feasible? (Lewandrowski,
Amber Waves, 2004)
Economics of Sequestering Carbon in the U.S. Agricultural Sector (Lewandrowski, 2004)
Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change (Schimmelpfennig et al.)
Issues in Food Security: Climate Change and Food Security (Darwin, 2001)
World Agriculture and Climate Change: Economic Adaptations (Tsigas, 1995)
Carbon Sequestration in Terrestrial Ecosystems
Fossil Energy: Partnerships Index Page
Fossil Energy: DOE's Carbon Sequestration Research Program
Carbon Sequestration Video
Carbon Cycling and Sequestration
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center(CDIAC)
Terrestrial Carbon Management
National Energy Technology Lab (NETL)
Carbon Sequestration FAQs
Carbon Sequestration Links
Carbon Sequestration Atlas of the U.S. and Canada
NatCarb Home Page: A National Look at Carbon Sequestration
Carbon Sequestration Technology Roadmap and Program Plan
Publication: Climate Change Indicators in the United States (2010)
Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture and Forestry
Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture and Forestry: Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential
Climate Change Index
Publication: Legislative Analyses of Potential Domestic Climate Change Mitigation Programs
(EPA Analysis, 10/23/09)
Publication: 2009 U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report
Publication: 2011 U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report: Agriculture
Cap and Trade
Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act
Climate Change - Health and Environmental Effects on Agriculture and Food Supply
State and Local Climate and Energy Programs
Conservation and Environmental Programs Division 2008 Annual Report
Conservation Reserve Program: Estimating Water Quality, Air Quality, and Soil Carbon
Benefits of the CRP
Ecosystem Services Derived from Wetland Conservation
Fish and Wildlife Service Climate Change Resource Index
Southeast Region Fish and Wildlife Service
Southeast Region Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration to Benefit Fish and Wildlife
Southwest Region Fish and Wildlife Service Index
Carbon Sequestration
Global Climate Change
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Climate Change
Climate Program Office
Global Climate Change
Emissions in Agricultural Systems
Fact Sheet: NRCS and Climate Change
Voluntary Reporting Carbon Management Tool
National Water and Climate Center
Global Climate Change Home
Effects of Climate Change On Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity
in the United States (2008)
U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.3
A Preliminary Analysis of the Effects of HR 2454 on U.S. Agriculture (2009)
The Economic Effects of Legislation to Reduce Greenhouse-Gas Emissions (CBO, 2009)
The Use of Offsets to Reduce Greenhouse Gases (CBO, 2009)
Climate Change Trade Measures: Considerations for U.S. Policy Makers (GAO-09-724R, 2009)
Climate Change Trade Measures: Estimating Industry Effects (GAO-09-875T, 2009)
Change Hearings
Service - CSREES)
Institute, 2009)
Agriculture's Role in Addressing Climate Change
Cost of Carbon Sequestration: Executive Summary
State- and Regional-Specific Actions on Climate Change
Approved Aggregators on CCX
Carbon Sequestration in Idaho
Georgia's Carbon Sequestration Registry (Georgia Forestry Commission)
The Climate Registry
"Comet VR" USDA Voluntary Carbon Credit Reporting
Sustainable Forestry)
(U. TN, 2009)
Research Institute, 2009)
Representative Farms (Agricultural and Food Policy Center, TX A&M, 2009)
(Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute, University of Missouri, 2009)
Agriculture (US Climate Change Science Program/IA St. Ext., 2009)
(US Climate Science Program)
(Mulkay, et al., 2008)
(MS St. Extension)
Development Partnership)
Cap-and-Trade Program (21st Century Agriculture Policy Project, 2008)
and Business for Social Responsibility, 2006)
(Pew Center, Adams et. al., 1999)
(Reilly et. al., 2001)