JRC report shows sustainability of wood biomass energy

January 28, 2021 |

In Italy, a new Joint Research Center report on the use of woody biomass for energy production in the EU shows the need to recognize that sustainability of bioenergy remains a complex issue with no one-size-fits-all answers, but that win-win and lose-lose forest management pathways for climate and biodiversity exist.

Bioenergy sits at the nexus of two of the main environmental crises of the 21st century: biodiversity and climate emergencies.

Forest bioenergy has the potential to provide part of the solution to both crises, but only when biomass is produced sustainably and used efficiently.

In the report on the use of woody biomass for energy production in the EU, written under the auspices of the Biodiversity for 2030 Strategy, JRC scientists analyze the sources and trends as well as sustainability pathways for the use of woody biomass for bioenergy in the EU that could mitigate climate change while maintaining or improving forest biodiversity and ecosystem condition.

Category: Fuels

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