Bronson W Griscom, Justin Adams, Peter W Ellis, Richard A Houghton, Guy Lomax, Daniela A Miteva, William H Schlesinger, David Shoch, Juha V Siikamäki, Pete Smith, Peter Woodbury, Chris Zganjar, Allen Blackman, João Campari, Richard T Conant, Christopher Delgado, Patricia Elias, Trisha Gopalakrishna, Marisa R Hamsik, Mario Herrero, Joseph Kiesecker, Emily Landis, Lars Laestadius, Sara M Leavitt, Susan Minnemeyer, Stephen Polasky, Peter Potapov, Francis E Putz, Jonathan Sanderman, Marcel Silvius, Eva Wollenberg, Joseph Fargione
Better stewardship of land is needed to achieve the Paris Climate Agreement goal of holding warming to below 2 °C; however, confusion persists about the specific set of land stewardship options available and their mitigation potential. To address this, we identify and quantify "natural climate solutions" (NCS): 20 conservation, restoration, and improved land management actions that increase carbon storage and/or avoid greenhouse gas emissions across global forests, wetlands, grasslands, and agricultural lands...
October 31, 2017: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America