Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning Professor Brian Stone is publishing a paper in the December edition of Environmental Science and Technology that suggests policymakers need to address the influence of global deforestation and urbanization on climate change, in addition to greenhouse gas emissions. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
The effects of land use conversion upon climate change are claimed to be significant, and opportunities for local government action to slow climate change are noted. The basis of Stone's 50% number is not given, but if valid, it opens up new avenues of action to pursue.
Across the U.S. as a whole, approximately 50 percent of the warming that has occurred since 1950 is due to land use changes (usually in the form of clearing forest for ... More »
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