Synergy in conservation of biodiversity and climate change mitigation: Nordic peatlands and forests

Resource type: 
Research
Main entity: 
IPBES (Denmark)
Type of entity: 
Government
Key themes: 
Climate change mitigation
Peatlands
Forests
Societal challenges: 
Climate Resilience
Scope: 
Europe
Description: 

This report identifies potential synergies between biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation by the data gathered from eight NbS projects (peatland and forests) in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. This report concludes 10 policy options based on the examination of the eight cases and the scientific literature behind them.

Date: 
2021
Language: 
EN