Land Use and Climate Change
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land–Climate Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2021) | Viewed by 55596
Special Issue Editors
Interests: land use/land cover change; ecosystem services; food security; ecological livability; urbanization
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: climatology; climate change; agrometeorology; IPCC LA(SREX-SRCCL-AR6)
Interests: crop; cropping systems; soil fertility; sustainable agriculture; climate change and agriculture; field experimentation; GHG emissions; water stress
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Paris Agreement adopted in 2015 reset its long-term goal for countries to limit the global mean temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. Moving the goal from 2 to 1.5 °C means great efforts should be taken to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and thus, more strict environmental management regulations on different sectors are required to make further contributions to reducing GHG emissions. GHG emissions increase induced by land use change and agricultural activities is found to be one of the contributors to climate change. It is estimated that from 1990 to 2012, GHG emissions generated by land use change and agricultural activities accounted for one quarter of the total global emissions, mainly from deforestation, animal feeding, fertilizer use, and land use management.
To achieve the 1.5 °C limit goal, governments, industrials, and organizations have been motivated to promote sound environment manage regulations/policies to reduce GHG emissions. Environment committees or agencies of different countries have launched several environmental and climate protection strategies to reduce carbon emission. As an important sector closely related to climate change, land also plays a crucial role in achieving the targets of climate change mitigation and adaptation. Clarifying the relationship between land use, climate change and human activities, and exploring the complex interrelationship and feedback among the climate system, land system and socioeconomic system at different scales are of great significance for climate governance, sustainable land management, and sustainable development. Therefore, we invite academics and researchers to submit proposals for papers that deal but are not limited to with the following topics:
- Land use and land cover change
- Climate change
- Land–atmosphere interactions
- Scenarios and potential future on coupling with climate change
- Land-based mitigation and adaptation
- Sustainable land management approach
- Land governance for low carbon management
- Environmental management regulations/policies
Prof. Dr. Xiangzheng Deng
Dr. Mohammad Rahimi
Dr. Baldur Janz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- land use and land cover change
- climate change
- land–climate interactions
- land based mitigation and adaptation
- scenario analysis
- sustainable land management
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