Improved estimates of carbon dioxide emissions from drained peatlands support a reduction in emission factor

Abstract Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Annex 1 countries must report annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from peatlands drained for extraction. However, the Tier 1 emission factor (EF) provided in the IPCC 2014 Wetland Supplement is based mainly on warm season da...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hongxing He, Nigel T. Roulet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01091-y