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

英国农业和土地利用的温室气体排放量（GHG）在未来几十年内将继续大幅增加（BEIS，2020）。一些旨在减少或抵消这些土地使用排放的关键拟议战略（例如，为能源使用而种植生物质;泥炭地恢复;植树造林）涉及重大的土地利用变化（LUC），这对公共政策提出了许多挑战（IPCC，2019）。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），这些服务会受到LUC的影响（Crossman等人，2013）。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，目前还没有一个综合框架来分析政府内部的土地使用和能源政策，从而使政策保持一致。四是政府影响土地利用的能力该博士旨在：（i）调查和评估如何实现减排的需要，以及其他社会和环境目标反映在英国政府的土地使用和能源政策制定中;以及（ii）为未来制定更好的方法，以应对上述四项挑战。定性方法，如访谈，将通过目前的就业关系进行，定量模型具有支持政策制定的关键作用，研究将研究如何在政府中使用，更新和传播能源和土地使用模型，以告知新的综合方法。该博士学位旨在进一步发展能源系统模型内的土地利用分析能力。

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.