Assessing Potential Land and Soil for Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for United Nations (UN) Initiatives: An Example of the Contiguous United States of America (USA)
Earth,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
6(1), P. 17 - 17
Published: March 18, 2025
The
concept
of
nature-based
solutions
(NBS)
is
widely
promoted
as
an
approach
to
effectively
counteract
climate
change
and
land
degradation
(LD)
well
simultaneously
add
environmental
socio-economic
benefits.
To
have
a
worldwide
impact
from
NBS,
it
important
consider
potential
soil
resources
at
various
scales,
including
administrative
units
(e.g.,
country,
state,
county,
etc.).
Nature-based
are
considered
by
many
United
Nations
(UN)
initiatives,
the
Paris
Agreement
UN
Convention
Combat
Desertification
(UNCCD).
Currently,
there
no
consensus
on
how
define
NBS
their
indicators.
innovation
this
study
that
defines
evaluates
soil-
land-based
while
suggesting
indicators
for
land-
soil-based
using
contiguous
States
America
(USA)
example.
This
sum
individual
satellite-identified
areas
barren,
shrub/scrub,
herbaceous
covers,
which
linked
inherent
quality
(SQ),
so
could
be
implemented
without
changing
other
uses.
based
SQ,
subset
available
NBS.
As
2021,
anthropogenic
LD
affected
2,092,539.0
km2
in
USA,
with
928,618.0
(15.1%
US
area)
actual
USA
had
negative
balance
between
compensate
−1,163,921.0
km2.
Thirty-seven
states
also
exhibited
compensation
Iowa
having
worst
−124,497.0
Many
positive
balances
showed
most
was
low
SQ
and,
therefore,
may
not
suitable
Planning
should
involve
feasibility
analysis
“nationally
determined
NBS”
(NDNBS)
through
site
context-specific
Language: Английский
Accounting for Climate and Inherent Soil Quality in United Nations (UN) Land Degradation Analysis: A Case Study of the State of Arizona (USA)
Climate,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
12(12), P. 194 - 194
Published: Nov. 21, 2024
Climate
change
and
land
degradation
(LD)
are
some
of
the
most
critical
challenges
for
humanity.
Land
is
focus
United
Nations
(UN)
Convention
to
Combat
Desertification
(UNCCD)
UN
Sustainable
Development
Goal
(SDG
15:
Life
on
Land).
composed
inherent
anthropogenic
LD,
which
both
impacted
by
soil
quality
(SQ)
climate.
Conventional
LD
analysis
does
not
take
into
account
SQ
because
it
result
use/land
cover
(LULC),
can
be
tracked
using
remote
sensing
platforms.
Furthermore,
traditional
link
climate
through
greenhouse
gas
(GHG)
emissions.
This
study
uses
one
indicators
SDG
15
(15.3.1:
Proportion
that
degraded
over
total
area)
demonstrate
how
in
with
corresponding
GHG
emissions
time
state
Arizona
(AZ)
as
a
case
study.
The
AZ
skewed
towards
low
soils
(Entisols:
29.3%,
Aridisols:
49.4%),
which,
when
combined
climate,
define
status.
Currently,
8.6%
has
experienced
primarily
developments
(urbanization)
(42.8%)
agriculture
(32.2%).
All
six
orders
have
varying
degrees
LD.
linked
damages
from
4862.6
km2
developed,
resulting
midpoint
losses
8.7
×
1010
kg
carbon
(TSC)
social
cost
dioxide
(SC-CO2)
$14.7B
(where
B
=
billion
109,
USD).
was
neutral
(LDN)
based
an
increase
(+9.6%)
overall
(+29.5%)
between
2001
2021.
Considering
ongoing
impacts
AZ,
this
urbanization
represents
reverse
adaptation
(RCCA)
increased
population.
82.0%
area
nature-based
solutions
(NBS).
However,
dominated
inherently
(e.g.,
Entisols,
Aridisols,
etc.),
complicates
efforts
adaptation.
Language: Английский