Amy Luers

New paper by @damon_matthews, @KirstenZickfeld, @amyluers, @kochalex_ presents an approach to tonne-year accounting to effectively quantify and track the #climate value of temporary and permanent land #carbon #storage. @Concordia nature.com/articles/s4146…

When it comes to tackling climate change, we believe we cannot manage what we cannot measure. This is where environmental accounting and reporting comes in. We had @AmyLuers, @Microsoft's Global Director of Sustainability Science, break it all down for us. 🧵⬇️

@GlobalEcoGuy Thank you Jon. That BP narrative I always found unsettling as it clearly is not the whole story. Valuable science has been done to create a valuable framework, that was then co-opted and used to spend n a narrative. These ultimately end up on multiple layers of spin,

The current methods of greenhouse-gas accounting are broken. Thanks to @amyleurs and coauthors we have a new article in @Nature outlining the need for reliable, interoperable systems. This needs to be the foundation of a net zero carbon economy. nature.com/articles/d4158…

New @Nature comment led by @amyluers of @Microsoft and @LeehiYona of @StanfordEarth reveals 5 fixes to make carbon accounting more accurate: go.nature.com/3z883RR

On the critical need for reliable carbon accounting, this week in Nature: nature.com/articles/d4158… @amyluers @lucasjoppa @theNASEM @MSFTResearch #ClimateCrisis #GHG

4/4 Trees are not permanent, but trees, forests, and nature are necessary for managing the climate crisis. 𝙒𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙧𝙮

3/4 The climate crisis requires: (1) Cut emissions of GHG emissions to near zero by mid-century & (2) Invest in nature for carbon removal and storage, and climate resilience & (3) Invest in permanent carbon removal tech, to enable scale deployment within a couple of decades.

2/4 Protecting and restoring forests can reduce peak warming and build climate resilience. But there is a catch: Temporary storage of carbon in trees only decreases peak warming if fossil fuel emissions to near zero. (lnkd.in/gzV9vmfd)

1/4 @hausfath, in his opinion in @nytimes, correctly argues humanity cannot rely on trees for permanent carbon removal. 𝘐 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦. However, humanity must rely on trees and other natural systems for tackling the climate crisis. nytimes.com/2022/06/04/opi…

Bien que la reforestation puisse être bénéfique pour stocker temporairement le carbone, les objectifs de #carboneutralité ne pourront être atteints que si l’on cesse d’utiliser les combustibles fossiles, selon @damon_matthews et @amyluers de @Concordia. theconversation.com/climat-on-doit…

@nixhorizon @Nature @damon_matthews @KirstenZickfeld @C2G2net Actually the key message of the paper is that even temporary nature-based Carbon storage could help us avoid peak warming *permanently*, but only if we get on an aggressive decarbonization path.

Temporary nature-based carbon removal can lower peak warming but only if we also stop burning fossil fuels See our recent paper nature.com/articles/s4324… @damon_matthews @amyluers @mitchell_dickau @SabineMathesius @SFUResearch @GeogSFU @SFUENV

AND + @katemlarsen @rhodium_group @dfirgs @anthawilliams @amyluers @AimeeWitteman @macfound @joycefoundation...and again, SO many more...

Loved seeing @WBCSD member company @Microsoft in action at #GreenBiz22 — Danielle Decatur, Jim Hanna, Michelle Lancaster and @AmyLuers. Remember to check out #CarbonCall — accelerating measurement, reporting, and verification of GHG emissions and removal. carboncall.org

At #COP26, @WBCSD launched the Business Manifesto for Climate Recovery — calling for the development of a new Corporate Determined Contributions framework. In today's #GreenBiz22 keynote, @makower, @Microsoft, @Goodyear, and I discussed the opportunities. wbcsd.org/Programs/Clima…

Today, @Microsoft joins the #CarbonCall as a participating organization and signatory. With @ClimateWorks Foundation and others, we are working to build reliable carbon accounting for the planet. msft.it/6011wE17R

If you're at #GreenBiz22 next week, I hope you'll enjoy listening to, and learning from, our Wednesday morning (10:40am to 11:00am) Keynote session. #117073" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">events.greenbiz.com/events/greenbi… @WBCSD @UNFCCC #ClimateEmergency #CDCs #COP26

Today, KPMG is proud to join the launch of the #CarbonCall, an initiative to build reliable & interoperable carbon accounting for the planet 🌎🌍 hosted by @ClimateWorks Foundation. carboncall.org