Bioenergy for climate change mitigation: Scale and sustainability
Abstract Many global climate change mitigation pathways presented in IPCC assessment reports rely heavily on the deployment of bioenergy, often used in conjunction with carbon capture and storage. We review the literature on bioenergy use for climate change mitigation, including studies that use top...
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doaj-5e26e81e981f4e0e8c681cd3908025d92021-08-12T09:01:17ZengWileyGCB Bioenergy1757-16931757-17072021-09-011391346137110.1111/gcbb.12863Bioenergy for climate change mitigation: Scale and sustainabilityKatherine Calvin0Annette Cowie1Göran Berndes2Almut Arneth3Francesco Cherubini4Joana Portugal‐Pereira5Giacomo Grassi6Jo House7Francis X. Johnson8Alexander Popp9Mark Rounsevell10Raphael Slade11Pete Smith12Joint Global Change Research InstitutePacific Northwest National Laboratory College Park MD USANSW Department of Primary Industries/University of New England Armidale NSW AustraliaDepartment of Space, Earth and Environment Chalmers University of Technology Göteborg SwedenKarlsruhe Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Meteorology and Climate Research/Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK‐IFU) Garmisch‐Partenkirchen GermanyIndustrial Ecology Program Department of Energy and Process Engineering Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Trondheim NorwayEnergy Planning Program Graduate School of Engineering Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro BrazilJoint Research Centre European Commission Ispra ItalyCabot Institute Department of Geographical Sciences University of Bristol Bristol UKStockholm Environment Institute Stockholm SwedenPotsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)Member of the Leibniz Association Potsdam GermanyKarlsruhe Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Meteorology and Climate Research/Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK‐IFU) Garmisch‐Partenkirchen GermanyCentre for Environmental Policy Imperial College London London UKInstitute of Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Aberdeen Aberdeen UKAbstract Many global climate change mitigation pathways presented in IPCC assessment reports rely heavily on the deployment of bioenergy, often used in conjunction with carbon capture and storage. We review the literature on bioenergy use for climate change mitigation, including studies that use top‐down integrated assessment models or bottom‐up modelling, and studies that do not rely on modelling. We summarize the state of knowledge concerning potential co‐benefits and adverse side effects of bioenergy systems and discuss limitations of modelling studies used to analyse consequences of bioenergy expansion. The implications of bioenergy supply on mitigation and other sustainability criteria are context dependent and influenced by feedstock, management regime, climatic region, scale of deployment and how bioenergy alters energy systems and land use. Depending on previous land use, widespread deployment of monoculture plantations may contribute to mitigation but can cause negative impacts across a range of other sustainability criteria. Strategic integration of new biomass supply systems into existing agriculture and forest landscapes may result in less mitigation but can contribute positively to other sustainability objectives. There is considerable variation in evaluations of how sustainability challenges evolve as the scale of bioenergy deployment increases, due to limitations of existing models, and uncertainty over the future context with respect to the many variables that influence alternative uses of biomass and land. Integrative policies, coordinated institutions and improved governance mechanisms to enhance co‐benefits and minimize adverse side effects can reduce the risks of large‐scale deployment of bioenergy. Further, conservation and efficiency measures for energy, land and biomass can support greater flexibility in achieving climate change mitigation and adaptation.https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12863bioenergyclimate changeintegrated assessment modelslandmitigationsustainability |
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Katherine Calvin Annette Cowie Göran Berndes Almut Arneth Francesco Cherubini Joana Portugal‐Pereira Giacomo Grassi Jo House Francis X. Johnson Alexander Popp Mark Rounsevell Raphael Slade Pete Smith Bioenergy for climate change mitigation: Scale and sustainability GCB Bioenergy bioenergy climate change integrated assessment models land mitigation sustainability |
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Katherine Calvin Annette Cowie Göran Berndes Almut Arneth Francesco Cherubini Joana Portugal‐Pereira Giacomo Grassi Jo House Francis X. Johnson Alexander Popp Mark Rounsevell Raphael Slade Pete Smith |
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Bioenergy for climate change mitigation: Scale and sustainability |
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Bioenergy for climate change mitigation: Scale and sustainability |
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Bioenergy for climate change mitigation: Scale and sustainability |
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Bioenergy for climate change mitigation: Scale and sustainability |
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Bioenergy for climate change mitigation: Scale and sustainability |
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bioenergy for climate change mitigation: scale and sustainability |
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GCB Bioenergy |
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1757-1693 1757-1707 |
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Abstract Many global climate change mitigation pathways presented in IPCC assessment reports rely heavily on the deployment of bioenergy, often used in conjunction with carbon capture and storage. We review the literature on bioenergy use for climate change mitigation, including studies that use top‐down integrated assessment models or bottom‐up modelling, and studies that do not rely on modelling. We summarize the state of knowledge concerning potential co‐benefits and adverse side effects of bioenergy systems and discuss limitations of modelling studies used to analyse consequences of bioenergy expansion. The implications of bioenergy supply on mitigation and other sustainability criteria are context dependent and influenced by feedstock, management regime, climatic region, scale of deployment and how bioenergy alters energy systems and land use. Depending on previous land use, widespread deployment of monoculture plantations may contribute to mitigation but can cause negative impacts across a range of other sustainability criteria. Strategic integration of new biomass supply systems into existing agriculture and forest landscapes may result in less mitigation but can contribute positively to other sustainability objectives. There is considerable variation in evaluations of how sustainability challenges evolve as the scale of bioenergy deployment increases, due to limitations of existing models, and uncertainty over the future context with respect to the many variables that influence alternative uses of biomass and land. Integrative policies, coordinated institutions and improved governance mechanisms to enhance co‐benefits and minimize adverse side effects can reduce the risks of large‐scale deployment of bioenergy. Further, conservation and efficiency measures for energy, land and biomass can support greater flexibility in achieving climate change mitigation and adaptation. |
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bioenergy climate change integrated assessment models land mitigation sustainability |
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