Land use change and carbon emissions of a transformation to timber cities

Land use change and carbon emissions of a transformation to timber cities

Wood used in construction stores carbon and reduces the emissions from steel and cement production. Transformation to timber cities while protecting forest and biodiversity is possible without significant increase in competition for land.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Abhijeet Mishra, Florian Humpenöder, Galina Churkina, Christopher P. O. Reyer, Felicitas Beier, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Alexander Popp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32244-w

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32244-w

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