EU climate plan sacrifices carbon storage and biodiversity for bioenergy

Timothy Searchinger; Oliver James; Patrice Dumas; Thomas Kastner; Stefan Wirsenius

doi:10.1038/d41586-022-04133-1

EU climate plan sacrifices carbon storage and biodiversity for bioenergy

Timothy Searchinger, Oliver James, Patrice Dumas, Thomas Kastner, Stefan Wirsenius

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

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Abstract

Incoming policies will cause the European Union to harvest more wood, shift one-fifth of cropland to bioenergy and outsource deforestation, analysis shows.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	27-30
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature
Volume	612
Issue number	7938
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-04133-1
State	Published - Dec 1 2022

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