Overcoming the coupled climate and biodiversity crises and their societal impacts

HO Pörtner, RJ Scholes, A Arneth, DKA Barnes… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Earth's biodiversity and human societies face pollution, overconsumption of natural
resources, urbanization, demographic shifts, social and economic inequalities, and habitat …

Our future in the Anthropocene biosphere

C Folke, S Polasky, J Rockström, V Galaz, F Westley… - Ambio, 2021 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed an interconnected and tightly coupled globalized
world in rapid change. This article sets the scientific stage for understanding and responding …

Global land use changes are four times greater than previously estimated

K Winkler, R Fuchs, M Rounsevell, M Herold - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Quantifying the dynamics of land use change is critical in tackling global societal challenges
such as food security, climate change, and biodiversity loss. Here we analyse the dynamics …

Ten facts about land systems for sustainability

P Meyfroidt, A De Bremond, CM Ryan… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Land use is central to addressing sustainability issues, including biodiversity conservation,
climate change, food security, poverty alleviation, and sustainable energy. In this paper, we …

[HTML][HTML] Agriculture's contribution to climate change and role in mitigation is distinct from predominantly fossil CO2-emitting sectors

J Lynch, M Cain, D Frame… - Frontiers in sustainable …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Agriculture is a significant contributor to anthropogenic global warming, and reducing
agricultural emissions–largely methane and nitrous oxide–could play a significant role in …

Central and south america

EJ Castellanos, MF Lemos, L Astigarraga, N Chacón… - 2022 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
Central and South America (CSA) is a highly diverse region, both culturally and biologically.
It has one of the highest levels of biodiversity on the planet (Hoorn et al., 2010; Zador et al …

Soils and sustainable development goals of the United Nations: An International Union of Soil Sciences perspective

R Lal, J Bouma, E Brevik, L Dawson, DJ Field… - Geoderma …, 2021 - Elsevier
Being critical to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations,
strengthening understanding of the properties and processes of soil at national and regional …

Post-2020 biodiversity targets need to embrace climate change

A Arneth, YJ Shin, P Leadley… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Recent assessment reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and
the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services …

Multi-model assessment identifies livestock grazing as a major contributor to variation in European Union land and water footprints

D Vanham, M Bruckner, F Schwarzmueller, J Schyns… - Nature Food, 2023 - nature.com
Food systems are the largest users of land and water resources worldwide. Using a multi-
model approach to track food through the global trade network, we calculated the land …

Restoring abandoned farmland to mitigate climate change on a full earth

Y Yang, SE Hobbie, RR Hernandez, J Fargione… - One Earth, 2020 - cell.com
Degraded farmlands have been abandoned worldwide, especially in high-and middle-
income countries. These lands help combat climate change as they undergo natural …