Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2022
Keywords
Soil carbon; Climate change; Engineering curriculum; Emissions avoidance; Diversity and inclusion
Abstract
Nature-based Climate Solutions are landscape stewardship techniques to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase soil or biomass carbon sequestration. These mitigation approaches to climate change present an opportunity to supplement energy sector decarbonization and provide co-benefits in terms of ecosystem services and landscape productivity. The biological engineering profession must be involved in the research and implementation of these solutions—developing new tools to aid in decision-making, methods to optimize across different objectives, and new messaging frameworks to assist in prioritizing among different options. Furthermore, the biological engineering curriculum should be redesigned to reflect the needs of carbon-based landscape management. While doing so, the biological engineering community has an opportunity to embed justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion within both the classroom and the profession. Together these transformations will enhance our capacity to use sustainable landscape management as an active tool to mitigate the risks of climate change.
Citation
Runkle, B. R. (2022). Review: Biological Engineering for Nature-based Climate Solutions. Journal of Biological Engineering, 16 (1), 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13036-022-00287-8
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