Carbon fluxes from land 2000–2020: bringing clarity to countries' reporting

• Published in: Earth system science data Vol. 14; no. 10; pp. 4643 - 4666
• Main Authors: Grassi, Giacomo, Conchedda, Giulia, Federici, Sandro, Abad Viñas, Raul, Korosuo, Anu, Melo, Joana, Rossi, Simone, Sandker, Marieke, Somogyi, Zoltan, Vizzarri, Matteo, Tubiello, Francesco N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 20.10.2022; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Agricultural societies; Agriculture; Air pollution; Air quality management; Analysis; Anthropogenic factors; Biomass; Carbon; Carbon dioxide; Carbon footprint; Climate change; Climate change mitigation; Datasets; Deforestation; Developing countries; Emission inventories; Emissions; Emissions control; Estimates; Fluxes; Forest degradation; Forest resources; Forestry; Forests; Global temperature changes; Greenhouse gases; Information management; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; International organizations; Inventories; Land degradation; Land use; LDCs; Mitigation; Organic soils; Paris Agreement; Soils; Time series; Wood products

Despite an increasing attention on the role of land in meeting countries' climate pledges under the Paris Agreement, the range of estimates of carbon fluxes from land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF) in available databases is very large. A good understanding of the LULUCF data report...