Avoiding emissions versus creating sinks—Effectiveness and attractiveness to climate finance

Mathew Williams; Dave Reay; Pete Smith

doi:10.1111/gcb.16598

Avoiding emissions versus creating sinks—Effectiveness and attractiveness to climate finance

Mathew Williams, Dave Reay, Pete Smith^*

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The perception of greater impact via new sinks, as opposed to through avoided emissions, has already led some large investors to focus on sink-related projects. This is a flawed perception when applied universally and carries a risk that effective routes to mitigation through avoiding emissions are side-lined. In reality, both emissions avoidance and emissions removal are needed, and both can be a cost-effective means of delivering mitigation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2046-2049
Number of pages	4
Journal	Global Change Biology
Volume	29
Issue number	8
Early online date	26 Jan 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16598
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2023

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avoided emissions
carbon sinks
climate change mitigation
natural climate solutions
nature based solutions

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