Earth & Environmental Science · Environmental Science
A topic within Environmental Science, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Earth & Environmental Science.
2 works
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Concludes that land use and land-use change are both a major driver of climate change and one of the sectors most exposed to its effects, so land management and climate mitigation cannot be planned separately.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Jonathan A. Foley, Ruth DeFries, Gregory P. Asner et al.
Synthesises worldwide data to argue land-use change now rivals climate change as a driver of environmental change, degrading the ecosystem services that land itself depends on.
link checked 17 Sept 2026