Resilient tree-planting strategies for carbon dioxide removal under compounding climate and economic uncertainties.

ABSTRACT: To meet decarbonization targets, nations around the globe have made ambitious commitments to expand forested land. Operationalizing these commitments requires choosing a planting strategy: How many trees should be planted, of which species, and where? Given those choices must be made now but have long-term consequences, such decisions are plagued by uncertainty. For example, species that are well suited to present conditions may perform poorly under future climates, yet those future climates are themselves highly uncertain. Using the exemplar of the United Kingdom, a nation committed to achieving net zero emissions by midcentury, we quantify key uncertainties pertaining to coevolving climate and economic conditions and examine how modern methods of decision-making under uncertainty can adv

SUBMITTER: Cho FHT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11912443 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature