Study of the viticultural technical itineraries carbon footprint at fine scale

Study of the viticultural technical itineraries carbon footprint at fine scale

Viticulture faces two challenges regarding climate change: adapting and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. Are these two challenges compatible? This is one of the questions to which Adviclim project (Life project, 2014–2019) provided tools and answers. The assessment of greenhouse gas emissions wa...

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Published in:BIO Web of Conferences Vol. 15; p. 1030
Main Authors: Adoir, E., Penavayre, S., Petitjean, T., De Rességuier, L.
Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: Les Ulis EDP Sciences 2019
Subjects:
Carbon
Carbon footprint
Climate change
Cultivation
Data collection
Emissions
Environmental impact
Farms
Footprint analysis
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Life cycle analysis
Life cycles
Mathematical analysis
Questions
Viticulture
France
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Summary:Viticulture faces two challenges regarding climate change: adapting and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. Are these two challenges compatible? This is one of the questions to which Adviclim project (Life project, 2014–2019) provided tools and answers. The assessment of greenhouse gas emissions was implemented at the scale of the plot using a life cycle approach: calculating the carbon footprint. This approach makes it possible to take into account the emissions generated during each stage of the life cycle of a product or a service: in this case, the cultivation of one hectare of vine for one year. Carbon footprint was assessed for the 5 pilot sites of the Adviclim project: Saint-Emilion (France), Coteaux du Layon/Samur (France), Geisenheim (Germany), Cotnari (Romania) and Plompton (United Kingdom). An important work for primary data collection regarding observed practices was carried out with a sample of reresentative farms for these 5 sites, and for one to three vintages depending on the site. Beyond the question asked in the project, the calculation of these carbon footprints made it possible to (i) make winegrowers aware of the life cycle approach and the share of direct emissions generated by viticulture, (ii) acquire new references on the technical itineraries and their associated emissions, (iii) improve the adaptation of the methodology for calculating the carbon footprint to viticulture.
ISSN:2117-4458
2273-1709
2117-4458
DOI:10.1051/bioconf/20191501030