Tölgyesi et al. (2025): Limited carbon sequestration potential from global ecosystem restoration
Csaba Tölgyesi, Nándor Csikós, Vicky M. Temperton, Elise Buisson, Fernando A. O. Silveira, Caroline E. R. Lehmann, Péter Török, Zoltán Bátori, Ákos Bede-Fazekas, IN: Nature Geoscience, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-025-01526-7
Ecosystem restoration is increasingly recognized as a means of climate change mitigation. Recent global-scale studies have suggested that ecosystem restoration could offset a substantial fraction of human carbon emissions since the Industrial Revolution. However, global carbon sequestration potential remains uncertain due to the tree-centric view of some models and difficulties in modelling restoration across different ecosystem types. Here, the authors applied a model-based prediction workflow to estimate the carbon capture potential of restoring forest, shrubland, grassland and wetland ecosystems until 2100.