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Fire weather compromises forestation-reliant climate mitigation pathways

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Jäger,  Felix
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Schwaab,  Jonas
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Quilcaille,  Yann
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Windisch,  Michael G.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research;

Doelman,  Jonathan
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Frank,  Stefan
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Gusti,  Mykola
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Havlik,  Petr
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Humpenöder,  Florian
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research;

Lessa Derci Augustynczik,  Andrey
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Müller,  Christoph
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research;

Narayan,  Kanishka Balu
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Padrón,  Ryan Sebastian
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Popp,  Alexander
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research;

van Vuuren,  Detlef
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Wögerer,  Michael
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Seneviratne,  Sonia Isabelle
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11068957
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esd-15-1055-2024.pdf
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Citation

Jäger, F., Schwaab, J., Quilcaille, Y., Windisch, M. G., Doelman, J., Frank, S., Gusti, M., Havlik, P., Humpenöder, F., Lessa Derci Augustynczik, A., Müller, C., Narayan, K. B., Padrón, R. S., Popp, A., van Vuuren, D., Wögerer, M., Seneviratne, S. I. (2024): Fire weather compromises forestation-reliant climate mitigation pathways. - Earth System Dynamics, 15, 4, 1055-1071.
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-15-1055-2024


Cite as: https://publications.pik-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_30151
Abstract
Forestation can contribute to climate change mitigation. However, increasing frequency and intensity of climate extremes are posed to have profound impact on forests and consequently on the mitigation potential of forestation efforts. In this perspective, we critically assess forestation-reliant climate mitigation scenarios from five different integrated assessment models (IAMs) by showcasing the spatially explicit exposure of forests to fire weather and the simulated increase in global annual burned area. We provide a detailed description of the feedback from climate change to forest carbon uptake in IAMs. Few IAMs are currently accounting for feedback mechanisms like loss from fire disturbance. Consequently, many forestation areas proposed by IAM scenarios will be exposed to fire-promoting weather conditions and without costly prevention measures might be object to frequent burning. We conclude that the actual climate mitigation portfolio in IAM scenarios is subject to substantial uncertainty and that the risk of overly optimistic estimates of negative emission potential of forestation should be avoided. As a way forward we propose how to integrate more detailed climate information when modeling climate mitigation pathways heavily relying on forestation.