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Emission savings through the COP26 declaration of deforestation could come at the expense of non-forest land conversion

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/persons/resource/Abhijeet.Mishra

Mishra,  Abhijeet
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research;

/persons/resource/Florian.Humpenoeder

Humpenöder,  Florian
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research;

/persons/resource/Reyer

Reyer,  Christopher P. O.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research;

/persons/resource/felicitas.beier

Beier,  Felicitas
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research;

/persons/resource/Lotze-Campen

Lotze-Campen,  Hermann
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research;

/persons/resource/Alexander.Popp

Popp,  Alexander
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research;

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https://zenodo.org/records/8329542
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Mishra, A., Humpenöder, F., Reyer, C. P. O., Beier, F., Lotze-Campen, H., Popp, A. (2024): Emission savings through the COP26 declaration of deforestation could come at the expense of non-forest land conversion. - Environmental Research Letters, 19, 5, 054058.
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad42b4


Cite as: https://publications.pik-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_29842
Abstract
The majority of signatories to The United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2021 (COP26) made a declaration to end deforestation by 2030. Here, we quantify future changes in land use and associated CO2 emissions to examine the impact of ending deforestation by 2030 on global land dynamics and emissions using an open-source land-use model. We show that if the COP26 declaration to end deforestation is fully implemented globally, about 167 Mha of deforestation could be avoided until 2050, compared to a baseline scenario which does not have extended forest protection. However, avoided deforestation and associated emissions come at the cost of strongly increased conversion of unprotected non-forested land to agricultural land, while land-use intensification in most regions is similar compared to a baseline scenario. Global initiatives are needed to facilitate a common dialogue on addressing the possible carbon emissions and non-forest leakage effects due to the expedited loss of non-forested land under a policy aimed at halting deforestation by 2030.