Securing the forest carbon sink for the European Union's climate ambition

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Migliavacca, Mirco; Grassi, Giacomo; Bastos, Ana; Ceccherini, Guido; Ciais, Philippe; Janssens-Maenhout, Greet; Lugato, Emanuele; Mahecha, Miguel D.; Novick, Kimberly A.; Penuelas, Josep; Pilli, Roberto; Reichstein, Markus; Avitabile, Valerio; Beck, Pieter S. A.; Barredo, Jose I.; Forzieri, Giovanni; Herold, Martin; Korosuo, Anu; Mansuy, Nicolas; Mubareka, Sarah; Orth, Rene; Rougieux, Paul; Cescatti, Alessandro
• 署名单位: European Commission Joint Research Centre; EC JRC ISPRA Site; Leipzig University; German Research Foundation (DFG); German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv); German Research Foundation (DFG); German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv); German Research Foundation (DFG); German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv); European Commission Joint Research Centre; EC JRC ISPRA Site; Universite Paris Saclay; CEA; Helmholtz Association; Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ); Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington; Centro de Investigacion Ecologica y Aplicaciones Forestales (CREAF-CERCA); University of Barcelona; Centro de Investigacion Ecologica y Aplicaciones Forestales (CREAF-CERCA); Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC); Max Planck Society; University of Florence; University of Potsdam; Natural Resources Canada; Canadian Forest Service; University of Freiburg
• 刊物名称: Nature
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0028-0940
• DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08967-3
• 发表日期: 2025-07-31
• 页码: 1203-1213
• 关键词: dynamics; impacts; drought; driven; disturbances; ecosystems; sentinel-2; management; diversity; biomass

摘要

The European Union (EU) climate policies rely on a functioning forest carbon sink. Forests cover about 40% of the EU area and have absorbed about 436 Mt of carbon dioxide equivalent per year between 1990 and 2022, which is about 10% of the EU's anthropogenic emissions. However, the ability of forests to act as carbon sinks is rapidly declining owing to increasing natural and anthropogenic pressures, threatening the EU's climate goals and calling for prompt actions. Here we provide actionable research recommendations to improve the monitoring and modelling of forest resources and their carbon sink, and to better inform forest management decisions. We suggest a timeline for the development of these measures to better support the implementation of strategies and policies outlined in the European Green Deal.