Untangling the confusion around land carbon science and climate change mitigation policy

Brendan Mackey (), I. Colin Prentice, Will Steffen, Joanna I. House, David Lindenmayer, Heather Keith and Sandra Berry
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Brendan Mackey: Griffith Climate Change Response Program, Griffith University
I. Colin Prentice: Macquarie University
Will Steffen: The Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University
Joanna I. House: Bristol University
David Lindenmayer: The Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University
Heather Keith: The Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University
Sandra Berry: The Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University

Nature Climate Change, 2013, vol. 3, issue 6, 552-557

Abstract: Two important aims of mitigation policy are to maintain land carbon stocks and reduce terrestrial ecosystem-based emissions. This Perspective discusses the scientific issues involved, argues that current negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change are not solidly grounded in science, and proposes some ways forward.

Date: 2013
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