Favero & Austin (2026): Charting our forest future: national supply curves for forest-based CO₂ mitigation
Alice Favero and Kemen G. Austin, IN: Nature Portfolio, https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-026-00335-9
Forests currently store more carbon in their vegetation and soil than all of the carbon in earth’s atmosphere. But how much additional CO₂ can be removed and sequestered by forests in the future, and at what cost? This study examines the potential and costs of forest-based mitigation in 215 countries, utilizing a dynamic economic model, FAO data, and new estimates of feasible area and pace of forest restoration.