Climate Change and Land Systems: Challenges and Opportunities
A special issue of Climate (ISSN 2225-1154).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 May 2019)
Special Issue Editor
Interests: policy and regulatory frameworks related to air pollution; climate change; policies and measures; greenhouse gaseses and other related gases; nitrogen and carbon cycles; air pollution effects; atmospheric dynamics and chemistry; lower and higher plants
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The land sector together with agriculture contributes approximately 24% of total GHG global emissions. The IPCC scenarios for staying below 2°C to achieve the Paris Agreement goal include emissions reductions and large scale removals of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere starting sometimes already in the 2020s and increasing in scale over the remainder of the 21st century. Whether or not the present sink will persist in the future and how the foreseen technical potential of the options could be materialized are the largest uncertainties in the future carbon cycle. The implications of the implementation of large scale solutions that imply major changes in land use, especially of large removals, demand further assessment and consideration so that policy instruments can eventually be designed appropriately. A better understanding of the co-benefits and trade-offs and new tools to inform the design of policies and portfolios of options at the scales where they need to be implements is urgently needed. The success of land use mitigation options depends on the balance with the need for adaptation and how the barriers for implementation are addressed. Engagement from stakeholder is also fundamental.
Dr. María J. Sanz Sánchez
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Climate change
- land systems
- adaptation
- mitigation
- land use
- Paris Agreement
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