TY - JOUR
T1 - Hidden emissions of forest transitions
T2 - a socio-ecological reading of forest change
AU - Gingrich, Simone
AU - Lauk, Christian
AU - Niedertscheider, Maria
AU - Pichler, Melanie
AU - Schaffartzik, Anke
AU - Schmid, Martin
AU - Magerl, Andreas
AU - Le Noë, Julia
AU - Bhan, Manan
AU - Erb, Karlheinz
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Authors
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - Achieving a global forest transition, that is, a shift from net deforestation to reforestation, is essential for climate change mitigation. However, both land-based climate change mitigation policy and research on forest transitions neglect key processes that relieve pressure from forests, but cause emissions elsewhere (‘hidden emissions’). Here, we identify three major causes of hidden emissions of forest transitions, that is, emissions from agricultural intensification, from woodfuel substitution, and from land displacement. Taken together, these emissions may compromise the climate change mitigation effect of national forest transitions. We propose to link analyses of hidden emissions of forest transitions with quantifications of full socio-ecological greenhouse-gas accounts and analyses of their politics. Such an integration allows for drawing lessons for effective and just climate change mitigation policies.
AB - Achieving a global forest transition, that is, a shift from net deforestation to reforestation, is essential for climate change mitigation. However, both land-based climate change mitigation policy and research on forest transitions neglect key processes that relieve pressure from forests, but cause emissions elsewhere (‘hidden emissions’). Here, we identify three major causes of hidden emissions of forest transitions, that is, emissions from agricultural intensification, from woodfuel substitution, and from land displacement. Taken together, these emissions may compromise the climate change mitigation effect of national forest transitions. We propose to link analyses of hidden emissions of forest transitions with quantifications of full socio-ecological greenhouse-gas accounts and analyses of their politics. Such an integration allows for drawing lessons for effective and just climate change mitigation policies.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85065615713&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.cosust.2019.04.005
DO - 10.1016/j.cosust.2019.04.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85065615713
SN - 1877-3435
VL - 38
SP - 14
EP - 21
JO - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
JF - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
ER -