Informing forest carbon inventories under the Paris Agreement using ground-based forest monitoring data
A semi‑automated system now links the largest forest carbon database to the IPCC’s Emission Factor Database, filling major data gaps. This bridge between science and policy strengthens global forest monitoring and supports more accurate planning for a net‑zero future.
Subject Tags
- Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
- Carbon storage
- Forest
Abstract
Human interactions with forests have shaped Earth's climate for millennia and will continue to do so as we target net-zero emission goals. Accurately characterizing these climate impacts requires making accurate forest carbon data available for forest monitoring and planning. Here, we develop a semi-automated process for submitting forest carbon measurements from the largest relevant scientific database to the International Panel on Climate Change's Emission Factor Database, which currently has sparse forest carbon data. Building this bridge from scientific research to international policy is an important step towards managing forests in a net-zero motivated future.
Citation
Anderson‐Teixeira, K.J., Herrmann, V., Williams, M., Tinuviel, T., Morgan, R.B., Bond‐Lamberty, B. and Cook‐Patton, S., 2025. Informing forest carbon inventories under the Paris Agreement using ground‐based forest monitoring data. Plants, People, Planet, 7(1), pp.105-116. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10587
TNC Authors
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Susan Cook-Patton
Lead Reforestation Scientist
The Nature Conservancy
Email: susan.cook-patton@tnc.org