Towards net zero CO2 in 2050: An emission reduction pathway for organic soils in Germany
The Paris Agreement reflects the global endeavour to limit the increase of global average temperature to 2 °C, better 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels to prevent dangerous climate change. This requires that global anthropogenic net carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are reduced to zero around 2050. Th...
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| author | Franziska Tanneberger Susanne Abel John Couwenberg Tobias Dahms Greta Gaudig Anke Günther Jürgen Kreyling Jan Peters Julia Pongratz Hans Joosten |
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| description | The Paris Agreement reflects the global endeavour to limit the increase of global average temperature to 2 °C, better 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels to prevent dangerous climate change. This requires that global anthropogenic net carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are reduced to zero around 2050. The German Climate Protection Plan substantiates this goal and explicitly mentions peatlands, which make up 5 % of the total area under land use and emit 5.7 % of total annual greenhouse gas emissions in Germany. Based on inventory reporting and assumptions of land use change probability, we have developed emission reduction pathways for organic soils in Germany that on a national level comply with the IPCC 1.5 °C pathways. The more gradual pathway 1 requires the following interim (2030, 2040) and ultimate (2050) milestones: Cropland use stopped and all Cropland converted to Grassland by 2030; Water tables raised to the soil surface on 15 % / 60 % / 100 % of all Grassland, on 50 % / 75 % / 100 % of all Forest land, and ultimately on 2/3 of all Settlements and on 100 % of all Wetlands. Also a more direct pathway 2 without interim ‘moist’ water tables and the climate effect (radiative forcing) of different scenarios is presented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-02da50365dc84eb882083ff21db851872023-09-02T15:54:05ZengInternational Mire Conservation Group and International Peatland SocietyMires and Peat1819-754X2021-01-01270511710.19189/MaP.2020.SNPG.StA.1951Towards net zero CO2 in 2050: An emission reduction pathway for organic soils in GermanyFranziska Tanneberger0Susanne Abel1John Couwenberg2Tobias Dahms3Greta Gaudig4Anke Günther5Jürgen Kreyling6Jan Peters7Julia Pongratz8Hans Joosten9Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Greifswald University and Michael Succow Foundation for the Protection of Nature, partners in the Greifswald Mire Centre, GermanyInstitute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Greifswald University and Michael Succow Foundation for the Protection of Nature, partners in the Greifswald Mire Centre, GermanyInstitute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Greifswald University, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre, GermanyInstitute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Greifswald University, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre, GermanyInstitute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Greifswald University and Michael Succow Foundation for the Protection of Nature, partners in the Greifswald Mire Centre, GermanyFaculty of Agricultural and Environmental Studies, Landscape Ecology, University of Rostock, GermanyInstitute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Greifswald University, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre, GermanyMichael Succow Foundation for the Protection of Nature, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre, GermanyDepartment of Geography, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, GermanyInstitute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Greifswald University, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre, GermanyThe Paris Agreement reflects the global endeavour to limit the increase of global average temperature to 2 °C, better 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels to prevent dangerous climate change. This requires that global anthropogenic net carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are reduced to zero around 2050. The German Climate Protection Plan substantiates this goal and explicitly mentions peatlands, which make up 5 % of the total area under land use and emit 5.7 % of total annual greenhouse gas emissions in Germany. Based on inventory reporting and assumptions of land use change probability, we have developed emission reduction pathways for organic soils in Germany that on a national level comply with the IPCC 1.5 °C pathways. The more gradual pathway 1 requires the following interim (2030, 2040) and ultimate (2050) milestones: Cropland use stopped and all Cropland converted to Grassland by 2030; Water tables raised to the soil surface on 15 % / 60 % / 100 % of all Grassland, on 50 % / 75 % / 100 % of all Forest land, and ultimately on 2/3 of all Settlements and on 100 % of all Wetlands. Also a more direct pathway 2 without interim ‘moist’ water tables and the climate effect (radiative forcing) of different scenarios is presented.http://mires-and-peat.net/media/map27/map27_05.pdfagricultureclimate changegreenhouse gasesland usemitigationpeatlandstransformation |
| spellingShingle | Franziska Tanneberger Susanne Abel John Couwenberg Tobias Dahms Greta Gaudig Anke Günther Jürgen Kreyling Jan Peters Julia Pongratz Hans Joosten Towards net zero CO2 in 2050: An emission reduction pathway for organic soils in Germany Mires and Peat agriculture climate change greenhouse gases land use mitigation peatlands transformation |
| title | Towards net zero CO2 in 2050: An emission reduction pathway for organic soils in Germany |
| title_full | Towards net zero CO2 in 2050: An emission reduction pathway for organic soils in Germany |
| title_fullStr | Towards net zero CO2 in 2050: An emission reduction pathway for organic soils in Germany |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards net zero CO2 in 2050: An emission reduction pathway for organic soils in Germany |
| title_short | Towards net zero CO2 in 2050: An emission reduction pathway for organic soils in Germany |
| title_sort | towards net zero co2 in 2050 an emission reduction pathway for organic soils in germany |
| topic | agriculture climate change greenhouse gases land use mitigation peatlands transformation |
| url | http://mires-and-peat.net/media/map27/map27_05.pdf |
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