Researchers: Put a brake on bioenergy by 2050 to avoid negative climate impacts
Thursday, December 5, 2019 - 10:50
in Earth & Climate
The burgeoning bioenergy sector must peak and decline in the next 30 years to alleviate extreme pressure on land, warns researchers in a new analysis published today in Global Change Biology. They assert that projections envisioning the use of biomass from crops, trees or grasses for fuel through 2100 overlook the technology’s high carbon footprint … Continue reading Researchers: Put a brake on bioenergy by 2050 to avoid negative climate impacts