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Forest-Related Climate Mitigation Options: Dialogues for Exploring Opportunities and Threats

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Sustainable Forest Management in a Changing World

Part of the book series: Managing Forest Ecosystems ((MAFE,volume 19))

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Abstract

Climate change mitigation will require substantial cuts in greenhouse gas emissions and, subsequently, considerable changes in the global energy system. When, how, and at what costs (or benefits) a transition to carbon–reduced or carbon-free economies can be achieved is subject to heated debates. Forest protection is, besides increased energy efficiency and different technologies for producing climate-friendly energy, a way to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Recent estimates published in the IPCC WGI Summary for policy makers (IPCC 2007) indicate that land use change contributes to greenhouse gas emissions to a considerable extent. Of the annual CO2 emissions of eight GtC (gigatons of carbon), about 1.6 GtC (20%) are associated with land use change, although the estimates are quite uncertain.1 This is more than what the entire transport sector emits annually. Part of this land use change is associated with global deforestation and forest degradation.

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    According to IPCC WGI, there is a five-percent likelihood that this value could be below 0.5 GtC and a similar probability that the value could be above 2.7 GtC.

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Welp, M. (2009). Forest-Related Climate Mitigation Options: Dialogues for Exploring Opportunities and Threats. In: Spathelf, P. (eds) Sustainable Forest Management in a Changing World. Managing Forest Ecosystems, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3301-7_10

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