We need a solid scientific basis for nature-based climate solutions in the United States

Authors

Kimberly A. Novick, Indiana University
Trevor F. Keenan, University of California - Berkeley
William R L Anderegg, University of Utah
Caroline P. Normile, Bipartisan Policy Center
Benjamin R K Runkle, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Emily E. Oldfield, Environmental Defense Fund
Gyami Shrestha, Oakton
Margaret E K Evans, University of Arizona
Dennis D. Baldocchi, University of California - Berkeley
James T. Randerson, University of California, Irvine
Jonathan Sanderman, Woodwell Climate Research Center
Margaret S. Torn, University of California - Berkeley
Anna T. Trugman, University of California
Christopher A. Williams, Clark UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Opinion piece mapping the many challenges and variables around nature-based climate solutions (NbCS) in the United States, and the need to pinpoint large-scale strategies that will lead to significant, durable, and measurable net climate cooling. They must do so without simply displacing emissions to other locations.

Publication Title

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Publication Date

4-2-2024

Volume

121

Issue

14

ISSN

1091-6490

DOI

10.1073/pnas.2318505121

Keywords

climate, climate change, nature-based climate solutions, United States

Repository Citation

Novick, Kimberly A.; Keenan, Trevor F.; Anderegg, William R L; Normile, Caroline P.; Runkle, Benjamin R K; Oldfield, Emily E.; Shrestha, Gyami; Evans, Margaret E K; Baldocchi, Dennis D.; Randerson, James T.; Sanderman, Jonathan; Torn, Margaret S.; Trugman, Anna T.; and Williams, Christopher A., "We need a solid scientific basis for nature-based climate solutions in the United States" (2024). Geography. 975.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_geography/975

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Copyright Conditions

Publisher source must be acknowledged with citation: Novick, K. A., Keenan, T. F., Anderegg, W. R., Normile, C. P., Runkle, B. R., Oldfield, E. E., ... & Williams, C. A. (2024). We need a solid scientific basis for nature-based climate solutions in the United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(14), e2318505121.