Modern technology has enabled timber to be engineered in such a way that it can be used as an apparently "carbon negative" replacement for steel in very tall buildings. Timber cities might therefore become a very real part of our future. But can we afford the land required to create vast new timber plantations? Now a new research paper has crunched the numbers... Help support this channels independence at http://www.patreon.com/justhaveathink Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GWR73EHXGJMAE&source=url You can also help keep my brain ticking over during the long hours of research and editing via the nice folks at BuyMeACoffee.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/justhaveathink Video Transcripts available at our website http://www.justhaveathink.com/ Interested in mastering and remembering the concepts that I present in my videos? Check out the FREE Dive Deeper mini-courses offered by the Center for Behavior and Climate. These mini-courses teach the main concepts in select JHAT videos and go beyond to help you learn additional scientific or conservation concepts. The courses are great for teachers to use or for individual learning.https://climatechange.behaviordevelopmentsolutions.com/just-have-a-think-jhat Research links Potsdam Research Paper https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-32244-w Mass Timber Code Coalition Factsheet https://www.thinkwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/MTCC_Factsheet.pdf International Code Council https://www.iccsafe.org/about/who-we-are/ ATF https://www.atf.gov/laboratories/fire-research-laboratory Guardian Article https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/30/timber-cities-could-cut-100bn-tons-of-co2-emissions-by-2100 Our World in Data https://ourworldindata.org/global-land-for-agriculture Greenpeace Report - "Feeding the Problem" https://www.greenpeace.org/static/planet4-eu-unit-stateless/2019/02/83254ee1-190212-feeding-the-problem-dangerous-intensification-of-animal-farming-in-europe.pdf Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators Planet Proof https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdtF58iBRQ2C3QPeKKzxwiA zentouro: null Climate Adam: null Kurtis Baute: null Levi Hildebrand: null Simon Clark: null Sarah Karvner: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw Rollie Williams / ClimateTown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA Jack Harries: null Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ Our Changing Climate : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ Engineering With Rosie null Ella Gilbert null