This second edition represents a fully updated text on the current breadth of knowledge, including methods for peatland management to protect carbon stocks and reduce future greenhouse gas emissions. This is presented alongside details about international agreements and organizations that inform peatland management and aim to incorporate peatlands in climate change actions and strategies.

Together this information will provide readers with a strong basis for understanding the interactions between peatlands and climate and the pathways forward for peatland management on a warming planet.