Eating plants and planting forests for the climate

Christopher Wolf; William J Ripple; Matthew G Betts; Taal Levi; Carlos A Peres

doi:10.1111/gcb.14835

Eating plants and planting forests for the climate

Christopher Wolf
, William J Ripple
, Matthew G Betts
, Taal Levi
, Carlos A Peres

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Abstract

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 CO2 sequestration and benefiting biodiversity, while simultaneously reducing anthropogenic CO2 emissions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3995
Number of pages	1
Journal	Global Change Biology
Volume	25
Issue number	12
Early online date	15 Oct 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14835
Publication status	Published - Dec 2019

UN SDGs

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SDG 13 Climate Action
SDG 15 Life on Land

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Carlos Peres
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- School of Environmental Sciences - Professor of Environmental Sciences
- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation - Member
- Environmental Biology - Member
- ClimateUEA - Member
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