Land-Management Options for Greenhouse Gas Removal and Their Impacts on Ecosystem Services and the Sustainable Development Goals

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ID19598646
AuthorsPete Smith (0000-0002-3784-1124, University of Aberdeen), Justin Adams (World Economic Forum), David J Beerling (0000-0003-1869-4314, University of Sheffield), Tim Beringer (0000-0002-5567-8738, Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human Environment Systems (IRI THESys), Humboldt University of Berlin, 10099 Berlin, Germany), Katherine Calvin (0000-0003-2191-4189, Joint Global Change Research Institute), Katherine V Calvin (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Joint Global Change Research Institute, College Park, Maryland 20740, USA), Sabine Fuss (0000-0002-8681-9839, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Bronson W Griscom (0000-0002-8496-7213, The Nature Conservancy), Bronson Griscom (The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia 22203, USA), Nikolas Hagemann (0000-0001-8005-9392, Ithaka Institute for Carbon Strategies), Claudia Kammann (0000-0001-7477-1279, Hochschule Geisenheim University), Florian Kraxner (0000-0003-3832-6236, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis), Jan C Minx (0000-0002-2862-0178, University of Leeds), Alexander Popp (0000-0001-9500-1986, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research), Phil Renforth (0000-0002-1460-9947, Heriot-Watt University), José Luis Vicente‐Vicente (0000-0003-3554-9354, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change), Jose Luis Vicente Vicente (Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, 10829 Berlin, Germany), Saskia Keesstra (0000-0003-4129-9080, University of Newcastle Australia)
Year2019
Volume44
Issue1
Pages255-286
Publication date2019-06-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnual Review of Environment and Resources (BOOK_SERIES)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1543-5938 • E-ISSN: 1545-2050
PublisherAnnual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1146/annurev-environ-101718-033129
OpenAlexW2949662106
LanguageEN
Citations received38
References cited129

Land-management options for greenhouse gas removal (GGR) include afforestation or reforestation (AR), wetland restoration, soil carbon sequestration (SCS), biochar, terrestrial enhanced weathering (TEW), and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). We assess the opportunities and risks associated with these options through the lens of their potential impacts on ecosystem services (Nature's Contributions to People; NCPs) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We find that all land-based GGR options contribute positively to at least some NCPs and SDGs. Wetland restoration and SCS almost exclusively deliver positive impacts. A few GGR options, such as afforestation, BECCS, and biochar potentially impact negatively some NCPs and SDGs, particularly when implemented at scale, largely through competition for land. For those that present risks or are least understood, more research is required, and demonstration projects need to proceed with caution. For options that present low risks and provide cobenefits, implementation can proceed more rapidly following no-regrets principles

Afforestation · Agroforestry · Bio-energy with carbon capture and storage · Biochar · Business · Carbon sequestration · Climate change mitigation · Economics · Ecosystem · Ecosystem services · Environmental protection · Environmental resource management · Greenhouse gas · Land management · Land use · Natural resource economics · Reforestation · Sustainable development · Sustainable land management · Waste management · Wetland · Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics · Climate Change Policy and Economics · Engineering · Environmental Science · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy · Ecology

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