EU climate plan sacrifices carbon storage and biodiversity for bioenergy

Timothy Searchinger, Oliver James, Patrice Dumas, Thomas Kastner & Stefan Wirsenius. EU climate plan sacrifices carbon storage and biodiversity for bioenergy Incoming policies will cause the European Union to harvest more wood, shift one-fifth of cropland to bioenergy and outsource deforestation, analysis shows. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-06175-4

Does Wood Bioenergy Help or Harm the Climate?

John Sterman, William Moomaw, Juliette N. Rooney-Varga, Lori Siegel. 2022. ‘Does Wood Bioenergy Help or Harm the Climate?’ Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 10 May 2022. https://thebulletin.org/premium/2022-05/does-wood-bioenergy-help-or-harm-the-climate/

Greenhouse gas emissions from burning US-sourced woody biomass in the EU and UK

Duncan Brack, Dr Richard Birdsey, Dr Wayne Walker. Greenhouse gas emissions from burning US-sourced woody biomass in the EU and UK. Increased use of forest biomass for energy and associated impacts on the climate. Publicatie Chatman House: Greenhouse gas emissions of burning US sourced woody biomass in EU and UK.

Proforestation Mitigates Climate Change and Serves the Greatest Good

Moomaw, W.R., Masino, S.A., and Faison, E.K. (2019). Intact Forests in the United States: Proforestation Mitigates Climate Change and Serves the Greatest Good. Front. For. Glob. Change 2. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2019.00027/full

Europe’s renewable energy directive poised to harm global forests

Timothy D Searchinger, Tim Beringer, Bjart Holtsmark, Daniel M Kammen, Eric F Lambin, Wolfgang Lucht, Peter Raven, Jean-Pascal van Ypersele. Europe’s renewable energy directive poised to harm global forests. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-06175-4 .

Not carbon neutral: Assessing the net emissions impact of residues burned for bioenergy

Mary S Booth. Not carbon neutral: Assessing the net emissions impact of residues burned for bioenergy Environmental Research Letters, Volume 13, Number 3. Focus on The Role of Forests and Soils in Meeting Climate Change Mitigation Goals Citation Mary S Booth 2018 Environ. Res. Lett. 13 035001 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aaac88/meta

The Impacts of the Demand for Woody Biomass for Power and Heat on Climate and Forests

Duncan Brack, Chatman House (VK). Hoewel de meeste beleidskaders voor hernieuwbare energie biomassa als koolstofneutraal ten aanzien van verbranding beschouwen, stoot biomassa meer koolstof uit per energie-eenheid dan de meeste fossiele brandstoffen. https://www.chathamhouse.org/2017/02/impacts-demand-woody-biomass-power-and-heat-climate-and-forests