Land management can contribute to net zero

Science. 2022 Jun 10;376(6598):1163-1165. doi: 10.1126/science.abo0613. Epub 2022 Jun 9.

Ruth DeFries^{1

2}, Richie Ahuja³, Julio Friedman^{4

5}, Doria R Gordon^{3

6}, Steven P Hamburg³, Suzi Kerr³, James Mwangi^{7

8}, Carlijn Nouwen⁷, Nitin Pandit⁹

¹ Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
² Climate School, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
³ Environmental Defense Fund, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Center for Global Energy Policy, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
⁵ Carbon Direct LLC, New York, NY, USA.
⁶ Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainsville, FL, USA.
⁷ Climate Action Platform Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁸ Dalberg Group, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁹ Independent consultant, Vienna, VA, USA.

Abstract

The voluntary carbon market needs to embrace changes for the land sector.