Communications Earth & Environment (Feb 2023)

Economic factors influence net carbon emissions of forest bioenergy expansion

  • Alice Favero,
  • Justin Baker,
  • Brent Sohngen,
  • Adam Daigneault

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00698-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Imposing policy constraints on biomass supply may not avoid initial net carbon emissions from forest bioenergy, but economic factors can drive long-term climate benefits, according to a market-based economic model that explores 51 pathways of forest bioenergy demand