Forests and Climate Change: Background Analytical Study
The purpose of this paper is to provide background analysis on the critical role played by healthy and resilient forests in climate change mitigation and adaptation. As the largest storehouse of carbon after the oceans, forests already absorb and store about 30 per cent of current levels of carbon emissions from fossil fuels and industry into their biomass, soils and wood products, and have the potential to store much more. At present, however, about 12 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions are estimated to derive from deforestation, a process which is itself made more acute by the impacts of climate change. Forests can also help communities adapt to the impacts of climate change, stabilising and cooling local climates, including water flow and rainfall.
- Εκδότης: UN Forum on Forests Secretariat
- Δημιουργός: Duncan Brack
- Πηγή: -
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- Γλώσσα: Αγγλική
- Άδεια Χρήσης: Ελεύθερη χρήση/διανομή (public domain - open access)
- Έτος: 2019
- Βιβλιογραφία: Duncan Brack. 2019. Forests and Climate Change: Background Analytical Study. UN Forum on Forests Secretariat
