Despite clear scientific consensus and a growing youth-led movement, the effects of global heating on ecosystems and human health continue to rise. Since land is both a source and a sink of greenhouse gases, nature-based solutions have the potential to contribute over one-third of the total climate change mitigation needed by 2030.
CIFOR-ICRAF is providing evidence and analysis of how nature-based solutions – such as sustainable forest and wetland management, agroforestry and landscape restoration – can help mitigate climate change and help local people adapt to its effects, while working to help countries meet their commitments under the Paris Agreement.
Climate: Fast facts
The world is heading towards a global temperature rise of at least 3°C
by the end of the century
by the end of the century
23% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are from forestry, agriculture and other land uses
Peatlands are the largest natural carbon store, holding over 550
billion metric tons of carbon
billion metric tons of carbon
