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Minister of Climate and the Environment Kai Mykkänen (NCP) has elicited a response from experts and opposition lawmakers by suggesting the government should focus especially on carbon capture rather than slashing emissions from land use. ....
Published on Friday, the Finnish government’s annual climate report concludes that additional measures are required to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035. ....
The development of emissions and sinks in the land use sector is one factor creating uncertainty around the carbon-neutrality goal, the government acknowledges in its latest annual climate report. ....
The carbon footprint of Estonia's drained landscapes is comparable to that of our whole transport industry. Nevertheless, Estonian forestry and agriculture today are mainly dependent on drainage systems built over the past century. Restoring peatlands and reconstructing drainage systems is difficult to reconcile, experts say. ....
Much forest area has been lost as a result of urban sprawl, the construction of roads and railroads, the restoration of meadows and bogs and other environmental conservation efforts. The only proper course of action would be to establish the same volume of forest elsewhere. In addition, failure to properly manage the remaining forest reduces the capacity of our forests to sequester carbon dioxide (CO2), write researchers from the Estonian University of Life Sciences (EMU) in a joint commentary. ....