In the method that the UN uses to calculate the amount of carbon dioxide emitted, lakes, watercourses and wetlands are not included. If these are included, the picture changes radically, Lindroth and Tranvik say.

• Read the article in DN Debatt here (in Swedish)
   
• Read Lindroth's and Tranvik's publication which forms the basis for the post in DN Debatt here: Accounting for all territorial emissions and sinks is important for the development of climate mitigation policies .