Conquering space and time: the challenge of emissions from land use change
The EU Renewable Energy Directive (EU-RED) abandons the Kyoto Protocol restriction of responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions to those occurring within national borders, it makes EU bioenergy users responsible for supply-chain emissions throughout the world. However, problems arise from the EU-R...
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Center for International Forestry Research
2010
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| author | Pena, N. Bird, N. Frieden, D. Zanchi, G. |
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| description | The EU Renewable Energy Directive (EU-RED) abandons the Kyoto Protocol restriction of responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions to those occurring within national borders, it makes EU bioenergy users responsible for supply-chain emissions throughout the world. However, problems arise from the EU-RED’s continuation of the Kyoto Protocol land-typesplus-activities approach and disregard for the time lag between emissions from forest-sourced biomass and compensating removals of CO2 from the atmosphere. The land-types-plus-activities approach leads to omissions, such as emissions from forests that remain forests. While not a major issue for biofuels, this seriously underestimates the CO2 profile of forest-sourced biomass for heat and power. The EU-RED’s failure to address the time lag means that bioenergy approved by EU-RED can be used to meet targets even though significant increases in emissions occur during the time horizon of the targets. These problems can be resolved through a well-designed eligibility formula. A formula covering timing of increases and losses in all carbon pools would ensure that bioenergy reduces greenhouse gas emissions without needing to prohibit actions on specific land types. |
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| spelling | CGSpace206132025-01-24T14:12:56Z Conquering space and time: the challenge of emissions from land use change Pena, N. Bird, N. Frieden, D. Zanchi, G. forestry research The EU Renewable Energy Directive (EU-RED) abandons the Kyoto Protocol restriction of responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions to those occurring within national borders, it makes EU bioenergy users responsible for supply-chain emissions throughout the world. However, problems arise from the EU-RED’s continuation of the Kyoto Protocol land-typesplus-activities approach and disregard for the time lag between emissions from forest-sourced biomass and compensating removals of CO2 from the atmosphere. The land-types-plus-activities approach leads to omissions, such as emissions from forests that remain forests. While not a major issue for biofuels, this seriously underestimates the CO2 profile of forest-sourced biomass for heat and power. The EU-RED’s failure to address the time lag means that bioenergy approved by EU-RED can be used to meet targets even though significant increases in emissions occur during the time horizon of the targets. These problems can be resolved through a well-designed eligibility formula. A formula covering timing of increases and losses in all carbon pools would ensure that bioenergy reduces greenhouse gas emissions without needing to prohibit actions on specific land types. 2010 2012-06-04T09:15:01Z 2012-06-04T09:15:01Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20613 en Open Access Center for International Forestry Research Pena, N., Bird, N., Frieden, D., Zanchi, G. 2010. Conquering space and time: the challenge of emissions from land use change . CIFOR Infobrief No.27. Bogor, Indonesia, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). 12p. |
| spellingShingle | forestry research Pena, N. Bird, N. Frieden, D. Zanchi, G. Conquering space and time: the challenge of emissions from land use change |
| title | Conquering space and time: the challenge of emissions from land use change |
| title_full | Conquering space and time: the challenge of emissions from land use change |
| title_fullStr | Conquering space and time: the challenge of emissions from land use change |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conquering space and time: the challenge of emissions from land use change |
| title_short | Conquering space and time: the challenge of emissions from land use change |
| title_sort | conquering space and time the challenge of emissions from land use change |
| topic | forestry research |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20613 |
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