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Land and land management is critical to keep global warming to well below 2ºC
The IPCC approved and accepted Climate Change and Land: an IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems at its 50th Session held on 2 – 7 August 2019 in Geneva. The approved Summary for Policymakers (SPM) was presented at a press conference on 8 August 2019. Almut Arneth was Coordinating Lead author of chapter 1 in the report and participated in the IPCC plenary session.
Additional information
Media
IPCC press release:
https://www.ipcc.ch/2019/08/08/land-is-a-critical-resource_srccl/
IPCC official tweet (including video clip)
https://twitter.com/IPCC_CH/status/1159709001506066432/video/1
Summary for the Policy Makers and full report: