Over-reliance on land for carbon dioxide removal in net-zero climate pledges

Abstract Achieving net-zero climate targets requires some level of carbon dioxide removal. Current assessments focus on tonnes of CO2 removed, without specifying what form these removals will take. Here, we show that countries’ climate pledges require approximately 1 (0.9–1.1) billion ha of land for...

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Main Authors: Kate Dooley, Kirstine Lund Christiansen, Jens Friis Lund, Wim Carton, Alister Self
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53466-0
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