Low Carbon Transition: Sustainable Agriculture in the European Union

Low-carbon transition is a shift from an economy that depends heavily on fossil fuels to a sustainable, low-carbon energy economy. This book analyzes the role of renewables in driving the low-carbon transition in agriculture, explores the circular bio-based economy, and examines policies and strategies designed to facilitate low-carbon transition in agriculture, greenhouse gas mitigation, and adaptation trends in the European Union agriculture sector. It provides new knowledge and understanding about the impact of low-carbon energy transition, emphasizes the key role of renewable energy in a wide range of agricultural activities, and offers alternative sustainable solutions to current practices.

Features

• Discusses a novel approach on low-carbon transition that is not considered by the majority of studies
• Emphasizes the urgent need to minimize the carbon and environmental footprint of the EU agriculture and food system through low-carbon energy transition
• Provides theoretical background of sustainable agriculture and explains the decarbonization path of agriculture.
• Investigates the role of renewables, new technologies, business models, and practices in agriculture while assessing their socioeconomic and environmental effects.
• Presents a case study on the applications of low-carbon transition policies in selected EU member states and analyses in details various implications.

This book is suitable for senior undergraduate and graduate students, professionals in agriculture, researchers, and policy makers interested in sustainable agriculture and renewable energy usage and their economics.

Prof. Dr. Dalia Streimikiene is a full professor at Vilnius University, Kaunas faculty and Leading Researcher at Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Institute of Economics and Rural Development. Her main areas of research: are sustainable development, sustainability assessment, and corporate social responsibility. She is an author of more than 200 papers in international journals referred at WoS. H index 40. She is invited Editor for several special issues of Sustainability journal and Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Transformations in Business and Economics referred at WoS.

Dr. Indre Siksnelyte-Butkiene is a senior researcher at Vilnius University, Kaunas Faculty and Senior Researcher at Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Institute of Economics and Rural Development. She has been conducting scientific research for more than 10 years in the field of sustainable energy development. The main areas of her research are sustainable energy development, sustainability assessment, multi-criteria decision-making, and energy policy. She is co-author of two monographs and more than 40 scientific articles.

Prof. Dr. Tomas Balezentis is a full professor at Vilnius University and Leading Researcher at Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Institute of Economics and Rural Development. He holds PhD degrees from Vilnius University and the University of Copenhagen. He has received the Lithuanian National Scientific Prize. His research focuses on efficiency and productivity analysis, agricultural economics, and energy economics. He has published in such outlets as Energy Economics, Energy Policy, China Economic Review, and the European Journal of Operational Research among others. He is an author of more than 200 papers in international journals referred at WoS. H index 39.