In Focus: Carbon Dioxide Removal from US Forests

David N. Wear

Date

Oct. 19, 2023

Guest

David N. Wear

Producers

Annie M. Tastet and Matt Fleck

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Forests, which remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by sequestering carbon in growing vegetation and soils, are key players in the US strategy for carbon dioxide removal and achieving net-zero emissions by midcentury. Will forests be enough? David N. Wear, director of RFF’s Land Use, Forestry, and Agriculture Program and coauthor of a new working paper about carbon storage in US forests, shares his thoughts on how forests and new technologies both can help meet the nation’s climate goals.

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