Nature Communications (Aug 2018)
Land-use emissions play a critical role in land-based mitigation for Paris climate targets
- Anna B. Harper,
- Tom Powell,
- Peter M. Cox,
- Joanna House,
- Chris Huntingford,
- Timothy M. Lenton,
- Stephen Sitch,
- Eleanor Burke,
- Sarah E. Chadburn,
- William J. Collins,
- Edward Comyn-Platt,
- Vassilis Daioglou,
- Jonathan C. Doelman,
- Garry Hayman,
- Eddy Robertson,
- Detlef van Vuuren,
- Andy Wiltshire,
- Christopher P. Webber,
- Ana Bastos,
- Lena Boysen,
- Philippe Ciais,
- Narayanappa Devaraju,
- Atul K. Jain,
- Andreas Krause,
- Ben Poulter,
- Shijie Shu
Affiliations
- Anna B. Harper
- College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter
- Tom Powell
- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter
- Peter M. Cox
- College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter
- Joanna House
- School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
- Chris Huntingford
- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
- Timothy M. Lenton
- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter
- Stephen Sitch
- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter
- Eleanor Burke
- Met Office Hadley Centre
- Sarah E. Chadburn
- College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter
- William J. Collins
- Department of Meteorology, University of Reading
- Edward Comyn-Platt
- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
- Vassilis Daioglou
- Department of Climate, Air and Energy, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL)
- Jonathan C. Doelman
- Department of Climate, Air and Energy, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL)
- Garry Hayman
- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
- Eddy Robertson
- Met Office Hadley Centre
- Detlef van Vuuren
- Department of Climate, Air and Energy, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL)
- Andy Wiltshire
- Met Office Hadley Centre
- Christopher P. Webber
- Department of Meteorology, University of Reading
- Ana Bastos
- Department of Geography, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich
- Lena Boysen
- The Land in the Earth System, Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology
- Philippe Ciais
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay
- Narayanappa Devaraju
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay
- Atul K. Jain
- Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois
- Andreas Krause
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research—Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU)
- Ben Poulter
- NASA GSFC, Biospheric Sciences Lab.
- Shijie Shu
- Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05340-z
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
Land-based mitigation for meeting the Paris climate target must consider the carbon cycle impacts of land-use change. Here the authors show that when bioenergy crops replace high carbon content ecosystems, forest-based mitigation could be more effective for CO2 removal than bioenergy crops with carbon capture and storage.
