气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Predicted wind and solar energy expansion has minimal overlap with multiple conservation priorities across global regions

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DOI	10.1073/pnas.2104764119
	Predicted wind and solar energy expansion has minimal overlap with multiple conservation priorities across global regions
	Dunnett S.; Holland R.A.; Taylor G.; Eigenbrod F.
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0027-8424
卷号	119 期号:6
英文摘要	Protected areas and renewable energy generation are critical tools to combat biodiversity loss and climate change, respectively. Over the coming decades, expansion of the protected area network to meet conservation objectives will be occurring alongside rapid deployment of renewable energy infrastructure to meet climate targets, driving potential conflict for a finite land resource. Renewable energy infrastructure can have negative effects on wildlife, and co-occurrence may mean emissions targets are met at the expense of conservation objectives. Here, we assess current and projected overlaps of wind and solar photovoltaic installations and important conservation areas across nine global regions using spatially explicit wind and solar data and methods for predicting future renewable expansion. We show similar levels of co-occurrence as previous studies but demonstrate that once area is accounted for, previous concerns about overlaps in the Northern Hemisphere may be largely unfounded, although they are high in some biodiverse countries (e.g., Brazil). Future projections of overlap between the two land uses presented here are generally dependent on priority threshold and region and suggest the risk of future conflict can be low. We use the best available data on protected area degradation to corroborate this level of risk. Together, our findings indicate that while conflicts between renewables and protected areas inevitably do occur, renewables represent an important option for decarbonization of the energy sector that would not significantly affect areabased conservation targets if deployed with appropriate policy and regulatory controls. © 2022 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
英文关键词	Biodiversity; Conservation; Energy; Renewable
语种	英语
scopus关键词	article; biodiversity; Brazil; land use; Northern Hemisphere; renewable resource; solar energy
来源期刊	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/250878
作者单位	Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom; Biological Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom; Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Dunnett S.,Holland R.A.,Taylor G.,et al. Predicted wind and solar energy expansion has minimal overlap with multiple conservation priorities across global regions[J],2022,119(6).
APA	Dunnett S.,Holland R.A.,Taylor G.,&Eigenbrod F..(2022).Predicted wind and solar energy expansion has minimal overlap with multiple conservation priorities across global regions.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,119(6).
MLA	Dunnett S.,et al."Predicted wind and solar energy expansion has minimal overlap with multiple conservation priorities across global regions".Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119.6(2022).