Année : 2019
Auteur(s) : PICARD N.
Référence : T. XL, n°3, 2019, pp. 231-236 .
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An overwhelming majority (96%) of Mediterranean countries have specified in their Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement on climate change the efforts they will undertake to fight the climate crisis. The targets on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions differ between countries with respect to their level and the accounting method. Three quarters (76%) of Mediterranean countries have included the forest sector in their NDC as a sector that can contribute to reach their target of emission reductions. Forest-based actions that can contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation are duly described in NDCs. However, there is no clear and quantitative indication of the share of the forest sector in the overall effort that is required to reach the climate targets. The role assigned by countries to the forest sector in their NDC is closely related to the importance of the forest resources that they have. Major Mediterranean forest countries whose forest area and stock are increasing and whose forests are an important carbon sink have all included the forest sector in their NDC. On the contrary, countries that have not included the forest sector in their NDC are all minor forest countries whose forests have little capacity to sequester carbon (or even are a carbon source).