Natural climate solutions. The way forward

IF 8 1区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL
Caichun Yin , Paulo Pereira , Wenwu Zhao , Damia Barcelo
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Climate change is a global challenge that threatens global ecological security and sustainable development. Finding ways to mitigate their impacts is paramount through engineering carbon storage, low-carbon energy transition, or natural climate solutions (NCS). NCS involve a set of measures (e.g., afforestation, land restoration, biochar reuse or sustainable land use practices). Implementing NCS increases carbon sequestration and mitigates climate change at the lowest costs and greenest ways. In addition, NCS practices can improve multiple ecosystem services (ES) such as air quality, flood and erosion regulation, pest control, water purification, wild food biomass, recreation or landscape aesthetics. However, unsustainable implementation of NCS, such as over-afforestation of dense mono-forest, can lead to tradeoffs with water supply, wildfire risk, and decreased grasslands and croplands. Therefore, to optimise the NCS implementation, reducing the tradeoffs associated and transforming the “expand ecosystem area” to “improve ecosystem management efficiency” is vital. Although NCS can contribute significantly to mitigating climate change, systematic climate actions must be accompanied by a transformation in the global society and investment in new technologies. This will be key to addressing global challenges such as the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as SDG 13 (Climate Action), SDG 15 (Life on Land), SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), SDG 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing), SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), and SDG 14 (Life Bellow Water).

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自然气候解决方案。前进的道路
气候变化是一项全球性挑战,威胁着全球生态安全和可持续发展。通过工程碳储存、低碳能源转型或自然气候解决方案(NCS),找到减轻其影响的方法至关重要。NCS涉及一系列措施(如植树造林、土地恢复、生物炭再利用或可持续土地利用实践)。实施NCS以最低的成本和最环保的方式增加碳封存并缓解气候变化。此外,NCS实践可以改善多种生态系统服务,如空气质量、洪水和侵蚀调节、害虫控制、水净化、野生食物生物量、娱乐或景观美学。然而,不可持续的NCS实施,例如过度植树造林,可能会导致供水、野火风险以及草原和耕地减少。因此,为了优化NCS的实施,减少相关的权衡,并将“扩大生态系统区域”转变为“提高生态系统管理效率”至关重要。尽管NCS可以为缓解气候变化做出重大贡献,但系统的气候行动必须伴随着全球社会的转型和对新技术的投资。这将是应对全球挑战的关键,如实现可持续发展目标(SDG),如SDG 13(气候行动)、SDG 15(陆地生活)、SDG.2(零饥饿)、SDG.3(良好健康和福祉)、SDG-6(清洁水和卫生)和SDG 14(生活波纹管水)。
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Geography and Sustainability
Geography and Sustainability Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development
CiteScore
16.70
自引率
3.10%
发文量
32
审稿时长
41 days
期刊介绍: Geography and Sustainability serves as a central hub for interdisciplinary research and education aimed at promoting sustainable development from an integrated geography perspective. By bridging natural and human sciences, the journal fosters broader analysis and innovative thinking on global and regional sustainability issues. Geography and Sustainability welcomes original, high-quality research articles, review articles, short communications, technical comments, perspective articles and editorials on the following themes: Geographical Processes: Interactions with and between water, soil, atmosphere and the biosphere and their spatio-temporal variations; Human-Environmental Systems: Interactions between humans and the environment, resilience of socio-ecological systems and vulnerability; Ecosystem Services and Human Wellbeing: Ecosystem structure, processes, services and their linkages with human wellbeing; Sustainable Development: Theory, practice and critical challenges in sustainable development.
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