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Eating plants and planting forests for the climate
Author(s) -
Wolf Christopher,
Ripple William J.,
Betts Matthew G.,
Levi Taal,
Peres Carlos A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
global change biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.146
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1365-2486
pISSN - 1354-1013
DOI - 10.1111/gcb.14835
Subject(s) - afforestation , climate change , biodiversity , environmental science , land use, land use change and forestry , agroforestry , climate change mitigation , carbon sequestration , land use , geography , environmental protection , ecology , carbon dioxide , biology
The IPCC's Special Report on Climate Change and Land addresses the closely coupled relationship between land use and climate change. The report notes the climate change mitigation potential of dietary shifts and afforestation. Here, we briefly discuss how decreases in ruminant meat consumption associated with dietary shifts have the potential to free up area for forests, allowing for greater CO 2 sequestration and benefiting biodiversity, while simultaneously reducing anthropogenic CO 2 emissions.