Planting trees to remove carbon can harm the environment – or protect it: study highlights trade-offs
Gaurav Ganti; Joeri Rogelj; Ruben Prütz; Sabine Fuss
Global efforts to limit climate change require deep cuts to carbon emissions. However, global emissions are still growing. Currently, we emit roughly 42 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel use and land use changes every year.
To achieve the targets of the Paris Agreement, which included a long-term commitment to limit global warming to 1.5°C, it will also be necessary to do more than cut emissions. What is also needed is large-scale removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere....