Eating plants and planting forests for the climate

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 15 Oct 2019 United Kingdom English Publisher:WileyJournal:Global Change Biology, volume 25, pages 3,995-3,995 (issn: 1354-1013, eissn: 1365-2486,

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

doi: 10.1111/gcb.14835

pmid: 31613034

Eating plants and planting forests for the climate

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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.

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United Kingdom

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Oregon State University
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University of East Anglia
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Keywords

Carbon Sequestration, Eating, Climate Change, Forests, Plants

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