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Carbon accounting of bioenergy and forest management nexus. A reality-check of modeling assumptions and expectations

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  • Giuntoli, J.
  • Searle, S.
  • Jonsson, R.
  • Agostini, A.
  • Robert, N.
  • Amaducci, S.
  • Marelli, L.
  • Camia, A.

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The demand for wood-based energy is foreseen to grow as energy and climate policies around the world promote the use of bioenergy for climate change mitigation. However, the carbon impacts of forest bioenergy range widely in the literature. The value-choices made on the response of forest management to bioenergy demand have a major influence on the results obtained from modeling exercises and may actually change the contribution of forest bioenergy from climate worsening to climate change mitigation. Despite their relevance, there is very little information, or transparency, as to the empirical basis by which these assumptions are chosen and evaluated against.

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  • Giuntoli, J. & Searle, S. & Jonsson, R. & Agostini, A. & Robert, N. & Amaducci, S. & Marelli, L. & Camia, A., 2020. "Carbon accounting of bioenergy and forest management nexus. A reality-check of modeling assumptions and expectations," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 134(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:rensus:v:134:y:2020:i:c:s1364032120306560
    DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2020.110368
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