Net carbon accounting and reporting are a barrier to understanding the mitigation value of forest protection in developed countries

Net carbon accounting and reporting are a barrier to understanding the mitigation value of forest protection in developed countries

Meeting the Paris Agreement global warming target requires deep and rapid cuts in CO _2 emissions as well as removals from the atmosphere into land sinks, especially forests. While international climate policy in the land sector does now recognize forest protection as a mitigation strategy, it is no...

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Main Authors: Brendan Mackey, William Moomaw, David Lindenmayer, Heather Keith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
mitigation
net accounting
forests
removals
negative emissions
GHG reporting
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac661b

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