Conversion from coniferous to broadleaved trees can make European forests more climate-effective

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http://eprints.org/relation/isVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/111535 http://eprints.org/relation/isVolatileVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/111535 http://eprints.org/relation/issmallThumbnailVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/111535 archive 353 disk0/00/02/09/61 2025-11-03 08:48:58 2025-11-03 08:48:58 2025-11-03 08:48:58 article show Yao Y. Sieber P. Hauser M. Schwaab J. Jäger F. Batibeniz F. Räty M. Pongratz J. Wild M. Derci Augustynczik A.L. 2314 De Hertog S.J. Griess V.C. Windisch M.G. Ge J. Collalti A. Di Fulvio F. 8861 0000-0002-7317-6360 Havlik P. 1868 0000-0001-5551-5085 Seneviratne S.I. Conversion from coniferous to broadleaved trees can make European forests more climate-effective pub BNR IBF The climate effectiveness of forestation in Europe is debated, as it may provide more warming via solar energy absorption than evaporative cooling. Since forests play an important role in European climate policy, it is necessary to explore potential solutions to this issue in a warmer world. Here, based on experiments conducted with a regional climate model under several forest change scenarios, we find that conversion from coniferous to broadleaved trees in currently forested areas can provide cooling for summer hot extremes (e.g., reducing the monthly mean daily maximum temperature in July over Continental Europe by 0.6 °C). The conversion can also mitigate the undesired warming impacts of forestation with present-day forest composition in most of Europe, e.g., reversing effects on the monthly mean daily maximum temperature in July over Continental Europe from +0.3 °C to −0.7 °C. This study highlights the importance of considering tree species in European forest policy development and suggests that the Northern and Central regions should be prioritised for forestation over the Western and Southern parts. 2025-10-29 published Nature Publishing Group doi:10.1038/s41467-025-64580-y 3230 65 119 public Nature Communications 16 1 e9536 TRUE 2041-1723 info:eu-repo/semantics/article