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Avoided land-use-change emissions

Avoided emissions consisting of the greenhouse gas release prevented by retaining existing land cover and its carbon stock rather than converting it to another use.

Definition source: IPCC

Synonyms

avoided land-use change, avoided deforestation emissions

Broader

Avoided emissions

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Not an adaptation term.

Mitigation

Mitigation-specific

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

IMP_005 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/IMP_005
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/IMP_005)