Lamb, AnthonyGreen, RhysBateman, IanBroadmeadow, MarkBruce, TobyBurney, JenniferCarey, PeteChadwick, DavidCrane, EllieField, RobGoulding, KeithGriffiths, HowardHastings, AstleyKasoar, TimKindred, DanielPhalan, BenPickett, JohnSmith, PeteWall, Eileenzu Ermgassen , Erasmus K. H. J.Balmford, Andrew2016-11-022016-11-022016-05Lamb, A, Green, R, Bateman, I, Broadmeadow, M, Bruce, T, Burney, J, Carey, P, Chadwick, D, Crane, E, Field, R, Goulding, K, Griffiths, H, Hastings, A, Kasoar, T, Kindred, D, Phalan, B, Pickett, J, Smith, P, Wall, E, zu Ermgassen , E K H J & Balmford, A 2016, 'The potential for land sparing to offset greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture', Nature Climate Change, vol. 6, pp. 488-492. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate29101758-678XORCID: /0000-0001-9863-7613/work/94084137ORCID: /0000-0002-3784-1124/work/162728429http://hdl.handle.net/2164/7643This research was funded by the Cambridge Conservation Initiative Collaborative Fund for Conservation, and we thank its major sponsor Arcadia. We thank J. Bruinsma for the provision of demand data, the CEH for the provision of soil data and J. Spencer for invaluable discussions. A.L. was supported by a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. T.B., K.G. and J.P. acknowledge BBSRC funding through grant BBS/E/C/00005198.5306046engSDG 15 - Life on LandQH301 BiologyBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)BBS/E/C/00005198QH301Journal item10.1038/nclimate29106