Sustainable land use policy: Theory and empirical evidence from the United Kingdom" Sustainable Resources PhD Research Proposal

未来几十年，英国农业和土地利用产生的温室气体排放量(GHG)将继续大幅增加(BEIS，2020)。为减少或抵消这些土地利用排放而提出的一些关键战略(例如，种植用于能源利用的生物质；泥炭地恢复；植树造林)涉及显著的土地利用变化(LUC)，这给公共政策带来了许多挑战(IPCC，2019年)。首先，土地提供了一系列有价值的社会和环境服务(例如，食物、娱乐、生物多样性)，这可能会受到LUC的影响(Crossman等人，2013年)。其次，土地使用政策和能源政策由不同的政府部门管理，每个部门都有自己的目标，这可能导致减排和环境保护战略不一致。第三，目前还没有在政府内部实施的分析土地利用和能源政策的综合框架，可以在政策上实现这种一致性。第四，政府影响土地使用的能力有限(例如，通过具体说明是种植粮食还是能源作物)。本博士学位旨在：(I)调查和评估如何在英国政府的土地使用和能源政策制定中反映出实现减排和其他社会和环境目标的必要性；以及(Ii)为未来制定解决上述四个挑战的改进方法。定性方法，如访谈，将通过当前的就业关系进行，定量模型对政策制定具有关键作用，研究将审查政府如何使用、更新和传达能源和土地使用模型，以提供新的综合方法。该博士学位将致力于在能源系统模型中进一步发展土地利用分析能力。

UK Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from agriculture and land use will continue to be substantial over coming decades (BEIS, 2020). A number of key proposed strategies to reduce or offset these land use emissions (e.g. growing biomass for energy use; peatland restoration; afforestation) involve significant land use change (LUC) which presents a number of challenges for public policy (IPCC, 2019). First, land provides a range of valuable social and environmental services (e.g. food, recreation, biodiversity) that would be affected by LUC (Crossman et al, 2013). Second, land use policy and energy policy are administered by different government departments, each with their own objectives, that might result in inconsistent strategies for emissions reductions and environmental protection. Third, there is no currently implemented integrated framework for analysing land use and energy policy within government that could bring such consistency across policy. Fourth, the ability of government to influence land use (e.g. by specifying whether food or energy crops are grown) is limited.This PhD seeks to: (i) investigate and evaluate how the need to achieve emission reductions, and other social and environmental objectives are reflected in UK Government land use and energy policy making; and (ii) develop improved approaches for the future that account for the four challenges outlined above. Qualitative methods, such as interviews, will be undertaken through current employment relationships with Quantitative models have a key role underpinning policy development and the research will examine how energy and land use models are used, updated, and communicated in government, to inform a new integrated approach. This PhD will aim to further develop land use analysis capabilities within an energy systems model.