by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n
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Without appropriate action, the degradation of forests<\/strong> – a still underestimated problem – will eventually jeopardize the achievement of climate goals<\/strong>. Delaying action, on the other hand, means facing a sharp increase in economic, political and environmental costs instead. This is argued in a new study<\/a> published in Nature Communications.<\/p>\n \u201cAchieving the Paris Agreement’s CO2 emission reduction goals heavily relies on enhancing carbon storage and sequestration in forests globally\u201d explains the research conducted by the scientists of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research<\/strong> (PIK). \u201cYet, the increasing vulnerability of carbon stored in forests to both climate change and human intervention is often neglected in current mitigation strategies.\u201d<\/p>\n