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Nature-based climate solutions are increasingly viewed as potentially significant contributors to GHG reductions, especially in countries such as Canada, which has a vast and ecologically rich landscape. The report defines nature-based climate solutions as the protection or expansion of ecosystems that sequester carbon. This can include restoring forest cover, reducing pesticide use on crops, and ending clearcutting.
“And I think the report clearly shows that that’s actually not the case…they only play a supporting role.” Recreating peatlands, for example following open-pit mining, is expensive, and trials have tended to result in the creation of ecosystems that are very different from the original disturbed peatlands and creates uncertainty about long-term carbon sequestration, the report says.Article content