气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Gaps and opportunities in nitrogen pollution policies around the world

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DOI	10.1038/s41893-020-0577-7
	Gaps and opportunities in nitrogen pollution policies around the world
	Kanter D.R.; Chodos O.; Nordland O.; Rutigliano M.; Winiwarter W.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	2398-9629
起始页码	956
结束页码	963
卷号	3 期号:11
英文摘要	Nitrogen pollution is an important environmental issue gaining traction in policy circles. However, there is little understanding of current nitrogen policies around the world: whether they account for nitrogen’s unique ability to exacerbate multiple environmental impacts or balance nitrogen’s dual role as an essential agricultural input and major pollutant. Here we assemble and analyse the first database of nitrogen policies generated by national and regional legislatures and government agencies, a collection of 2,726 policies across 186 countries derived from the ECOLEX database. The database covers all major environmental sinks (such as air, water and climate), economic sectors (including agriculture, wastewater and industry) and policy instruments (from market mechanisms to regulatory standards). We find that sink-centred policies are focused predominantly on water, mirroring the distribution of nitrogen’s global environmental and human health costs. However, policy integration across sinks is severely lacking, which heightens the risk of substituting one form of nitrogen pollution for another. Moreover, two-thirds of agricultural policies (ranging from broad sectoral programmes to nitrogen-specific measures) incentivize nitrogen use or manage its commerce, demonstrating the primacy of food production over environmental concerns. © 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Agricultural robots; Agriculture; Air quality; Database systems; Agricultural policies; Environmental concerns; Environmental issues; Environmental sinks; Government agencies; Nitrogen pollution; Policy instruments; Regulatory standards; Nitrogen
来源期刊	Nature Sustainability
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/163272
作者单位	Department of Environmental Studies, New York University, New York, NY, United States; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria; Institute of Environmental Engineering, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kanter D.R.,Chodos O.,Nordland O.,et al. Gaps and opportunities in nitrogen pollution policies around the world[J],2020,3(11).
APA	Kanter D.R.,Chodos O.,Nordland O.,Rutigliano M.,&Winiwarter W..(2020).Gaps and opportunities in nitrogen pollution policies around the world.Nature Sustainability,3(11).
MLA	Kanter D.R.,et al."Gaps and opportunities in nitrogen pollution policies around the world".Nature Sustainability 3.11(2020).