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Why we must act on natural climate solutions now
Climate action should be guided by "durability" – how long carbon is stored, how risks are managed and what scale of action delivers real climate impact. Natural climate solutions have already locked away vast amounts of carbon and offer co-benefits like biodiversity and water security. Delaying action while chasing "permanence" or perfect solutions is more dangerous than managing the risk of carbon reversals.
Author Correction: Global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions - Nature
Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08106-4 Published online 30 October 2024 In the version of the article initially published, in the Brazil section of Fig. 2, the land area with potential for natural regeneration was shown given as 55.1 Mha and has now been corrected to 43.71 Mha in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.
Global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions - Nature
Abstract Extensive forest restoration is a key strategy to meet nature-based sustainable development goals and provide multiple social and environmental benefits1. Yet achieving forest restoration at scale requires cost-effective methods2. Tree planting in degraded landscapes is a popular but costly forest restoration method that often results in less biodiverse forests when compared to natural regeneration techniques under similar conditions3.
Cost-effectiveness of natural forest regeneration and plantations for climate mitigation - Nature Climate Change
Abstract Mitigating climate change cost-effectively requires identifying least-cost-per-ton GHG abatement methods. Here, we estimate and map GHG abatement cost (US$ per tCO2) for two common reforestation methods: natural regeneration and plantations.
The principles of natural climate solutions - Nature Communications
Abstract Natural climate solutions can mitigate climate change in the near-term, during a climate-critical window. Yet, persistent misunderstandings about what constitutes a natural climate solution generate unnecessary confusion and controversy, thereby delaying critical mitigation action.
Column: Most Companies Buying Carbon Credits Are Not Greenwashing Original
Ideas October 13, 2023 12:47 PM EDT Griscom is the vice president of natural climate solutions at Conservation International, a U.S.-based nonprofit. In 1983, at a beach resort in Fiji, a young man named Jay Westerveld saw a request that hotel guests reuse their towels to “save our planet.” Reflecting on his experience in a college term paper, Westerveld pointed out the hypocrisy of guilt-tripping guests about towels while the hotel was hastily building more bungalows.
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5 takeaways from the latest IPCC report
The latest IPCC report emphasizes the role of nature in addressing climate change. To confront rising temperatures, we must invest in nature-first solutions. We can still meet climate targets if we completely transform our economic models and outlook on how we interact with Earth's resources. Carbon emissions are rising. Countries are off track in delivering their climate pledges. Current commitments aren't enough to keep temperatures below critical thresholds.
A scientist’s view: Critics of carbon markets miss the mark
© Thomas Muller Nov 9, 2021 One recent morning I noticed I had run out of coffee. So I did what any morally upstanding person would do. I booked a flight to Costa Rica. Upon arrival, I took a taxi to a coffee farm, filled up a bag with ripe coffee cherries, and after haggling with the farmer over a fair price, I headed back home to the U.S., where I peeled, processed and dried the cherries; roasted the beans; ground the beans; brewed the beans; and — three days later — enjoyed a very flavorful cup.
Africa: The Most Promising - and Proven - Carbon Capture Technology Is Nature
Each year, Earth's vegetation and oceans capture and store half of human emissions - a massive ecological subsidy to the global economy, entirely taken for granted. For much of the summer, millions of people-from California to Siberia-woke up under a sky tinted orange by wildfire. In the United States, temperate cities like Portland endured record temperatures approaching 120°F, and flames raced across the American West.
Opinion: We need biosphere stewardship that protects carbon sinks and builds resilience
Earth’s biosphere, its extraordinary and complex web of species and ecosystems on land and in the oceans, drives the life-sustaining cycles of water and other materials that enable all life on Earth to thrive. The biosphere is also a principal driver of immense negative feedback loops in the Earth system that stabilize atmospheric CO2 concentrations and thereby global climate—including carbon sequestration by vegetation, soils, and the oceans.
Why we can’t afford to dismiss carbon offsetting in a climate crisis
We have 10 years to prevent irreversible damage to the planet due to climate change. Despite this urgency, critical tools such as carbon offsetting, have been tarnished by claims of greenwashing. We have a moral imperative to act now and harness the potential of carbon projects. Given their potential, you’d think investments in nature would be a key priority? Well, you’d be wrong.
Global Reforestation Potential Map
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We need both natural and energy solutions to stabilize our climate
Abstract We respond to concerns raised by Baldocchi and Penuelas who question the potential for ecosystems to provide carbon sinks and storage, and conclude that we should focus on decarbonizing our energy systems. While we agree with many of their concerns, we arrive at a different conclusion: we need strong action to advance both clean energy solutions and natural climate solutions (NCS) if we are to stabilize warming well below 2°C.
Larger gains from improved management over sparing-sharing for tropical forests
Abstract Tropical forests are globally important for both biodiversity conservation and the production of economically valuable wood products. To deliver both simultaneously, two contrasting approaches have been suggested: one partitions forests (sparing); the other integrates both objectives in the same location (sharing). To date, the ‘sparing or sharing’ debate has focused on agricultural landscapes, with scant attention paid to forest management.
Natural climate solutions
Significance Most nations recently agreed to hold global average temperature rise to well below 2 °C. We examine how much climate mitigation nature can contribute to this goal with a comprehensive analysis of “natural climate solutions” (NCS): 20 conservation, restoration, and/or improved land management actions that increase carbon storage and/or avoid greenhouse gas emissions across global forests, wetlands, grasslands, and agricultural lands.
How nature can get us 37 per cent of the way to the Paris climate target
The last two years have seen significant global advancement on climate action, with hundreds of global businesses and national and sub-national leaders building on the momentum of the Paris Agreement to initiate new climate pledges, initiatives and funding programs.
How Nature Can Get Us 37 Percent Of The Way To The Paris Climate Target - Ecosystem Marketplace
Forests, farms, and fields can absorb massive amounts of greenhouse gasses, while unhealthy ones emit emit them. Now a new study says that nature can offer up to 37 percent of the solution for keeping global temperatures to 2 degrees Celsius or below — making it more critical than ever to fix the financing systems that are degrading our land.
Natural climate solutions
Most nations recently agreed to hold global average temperature rise to well below 2 °C. We examine how much climate mitigation nature can contribute to this goal with a comprehensive analysis of “natural climate solutions” (NCS): 20 conservation, restoration, and/or improved land management actions that increase carbon storage and/or avoid greenhouse gas emissions across global forests, wetlands, grasslands, and agricultural lands.
Communicating Climate Change and the Scientific Delusional Disorder
Bronson Griscom is the director of forest carbon science at The Nature Conservancy. One of the things I’ll never forget from grad school, back when I was a budding scientist, was my professor’s favorite motto: “I would rather be methodologically correct than right.” It sort of pissed me off. I mean, come on: what normal person wouldn’t rather be right? And yet, my professor had put his finger on the essence of what it means to be a scientist.
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