AgriculturePracticeFromgreenammoniatolower-carbonfoodsAsampleconsumerbasketshowsthatemployinggreenfertilizercouldreducegreenhouse-gasemissionsfromagriculturalendproductsbyabout5percent.ThisarticleisacollaborativeeffortbyPeterAagaard,JensRiisAndersen,TomasNauclér,PradeepPrabhala,andKristinaWedege,representingviewsfromMcKinsey’sAgriculturePracticeandMcKinseySustainability.December2023AgricultureisoneoftheprimarycontributorstoGHGreduction,equivalentinsizeto1.5timestogreenhouse-gasemissions(GHG)andclimateFrance’sfossil-fuelemissions,ortwo-thirdsthatofchange.Agricultureisresponsibleforaboutinternationalshipping(about700MtCO2in2021).524percentofglobalemission,makingagriculturalemissionsamajorfocusofdecarbonizationefforts.ThegoodnewsisthatammoniaproductioncanbeUnlessaddressed,emissionsfromagriculturealmostfullydecarbonizedbyswitchingtogreenproductionandlandusearelikelytogrowbyammonia.Tounderstandthispotentialimpactfor15to20percentby2050.1Limitingtheimpactofproducersandconsumersoffoodproducts,weclimatechangeto1.5°Cwillbedifficultwithoutanalyzedtenagriculturalendproductsthatmaybecuttingagriculturalemissionssubstantially.inatypicalconsumerbasketinEurope.WefoundthatchangingtheproductionmethodfromgrayReducingGHGemissionsfastandeffectivelytogreenammoniacanreducecarbonemissionsmaybemorechallengingforagriculturethanforb...
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