Halfway There?
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Boucher, Doug; Ferretti-Gallon, Kalifi
- Source
- Greentips; 2015, p1-12, 12p, 1 Color Photograph, 2 Charts, 1 Graph
- Subject
- CARBON dioxide mitigation
CARBON sequestration
CONTROL of deforestation
AGRICULTURAL industries
FORESTS & forestry
LAND use
- Language
The article indicates that the land sector or Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) can contribute to closing the emissions gap though the reduction of carbon emissions from deforestation, decrease of emission from agricultural sources and the sequestration of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Topics include countries announcing in 2015 their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC). Also mentioned are the AFOLU mitigation potentials of the U.S., China and Brazil.