We need both natural and energy solutions to stabilize our climate

We respond to concerns raised by Baldocchi and Penuelas who question the potential for ecosystems to provide carbon sinks and storage, and conclude that we should focus on decarbonizing our energy systems. While we agree with many of their concerns, we arrive at a different conclusion: we need stron...

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Autores principales: Griscom, Bronson W., Lomax, Guy, Kroeger, Timm, Fargione, Joseph E., Adams, Justin, Almond, Lucy, Bossio, Deborah, Cook‐Patton, Susan C., Ellis, Peter W., Kennedy, Christina M., Kiesecker, Joseph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6646870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30903637
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14612
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author Griscom, Bronson W.
Lomax, Guy
Kroeger, Timm
Fargione, Joseph E.
Adams, Justin
Almond, Lucy
Bossio, Deborah
Cook‐Patton, Susan C.
Ellis, Peter W.
Kennedy, Christina M.
Kiesecker, Joseph
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Lomax, Guy
Kroeger, Timm
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description We respond to concerns raised by Baldocchi and Penuelas who question the potential for ecosystems to provide carbon sinks and storage, and conclude that we should focus on decarbonizing our energy systems. While we agree with many of their concerns, we arrive at a different conclusion: we need strong action to advance both clean energy solutions and natural climate solutions (NCS) if we are to stabilize warming well below 2°C. Cost‐effective NCS can deliver 11.3 PgCO(2)e yr(‐1) or ~30% of near‐term climate mitigation needs through protection, improved management, and restoration of ecosystems, as we increase overall ambition.[Image: see text]
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spelling pubmed-66468702019-07-31 We need both natural and energy solutions to stabilize our climate Griscom, Bronson W. Lomax, Guy Kroeger, Timm Fargione, Joseph E. Adams, Justin Almond, Lucy Bossio, Deborah Cook‐Patton, Susan C. Ellis, Peter W. Kennedy, Christina M. Kiesecker, Joseph Glob Chang Biol Letter to the Editor We respond to concerns raised by Baldocchi and Penuelas who question the potential for ecosystems to provide carbon sinks and storage, and conclude that we should focus on decarbonizing our energy systems. While we agree with many of their concerns, we arrive at a different conclusion: we need strong action to advance both clean energy solutions and natural climate solutions (NCS) if we are to stabilize warming well below 2°C. Cost‐effective NCS can deliver 11.3 PgCO(2)e yr(‐1) or ~30% of near‐term climate mitigation needs through protection, improved management, and restoration of ecosystems, as we increase overall ambition.[Image: see text] John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-03-22 2019-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6646870/ /pubmed/30903637 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14612 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Global Change Biology Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kroeger, Timm
Fargione, Joseph E.
Adams, Justin
Almond, Lucy
Bossio, Deborah
Cook‐Patton, Susan C.
Ellis, Peter W.
Kennedy, Christina M.
Kiesecker, Joseph
We need both natural and energy solutions to stabilize our climate
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14612
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