Environmental sustainability of biofuels: a review

HK Jeswani, A Chilvers… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Biofuels are being promoted as a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels as they could help to
reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the related climate change impact from …

[HTML][HTML] Land use for bioenergy: Synergies and trade-offs between sustainable development goals

I Vera, B Wicke, P Lamers, A Cowie, A Repo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bioenergy aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and contribute to meeting
global climate change mitigation targets. Nevertheless, several sustainability concerns are …

[PDF][PDF] Land–climate interactions

ÉL Davin - 2022 - boris.unibe.ch
Executive summary Land and climate interact in complex ways through changes in forcing
and multiple biophysical and biogeochemical feedbacks across different spatial and …

Assessing the efficiency of changes in land use for mitigating climate change

TD Searchinger, S Wirsenius, T Beringer, P Dumas - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Land-use changes are critical for climate policy because native vegetation and soils store
abundant carbon and their losses from agricultural expansion, together with emissions from …

Towards the implementation of sustainable biofuel production systems

DF Correa, HL Beyer, JE Fargione, JD Hill… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Novel energy production systems are needed that not only offer reductions in greenhouse
gas emissions but also cause fewer overall environmental impacts. How to identify and …

Shifting from fossil-based economy to bio-based economy: Status quo, challenges, and prospects

L Yang, XC Wang, M Dai, B Chen, Y Qiao, H Deng… - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The growing environmental concerns and the prospect of irreversible climate change
highlight the necessity for the rapid transformation from fossil-based economy to the modern …

Assessing the effectiveness of biomass energy in mitigating CO2 emissions: Evidence from Top-10 biomass energy consumer countries

Z Liu, HB Saydaliev, J Lan, S Ali, MK Anser - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Renewable energy has become more popular since it is cost-effective and more efficient
than conventional energy sources. Biomass-based renewable energy is primarily used in …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial spatial footprint as a driver of soil carbon stabilization

AN Kravchenko, AK Guber, BS Razavi, J Koestel… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Increasing the potential of soil to store carbon (C) is an acknowledged and emphasized
strategy for capturing atmospheric CO2. Well-recognized approaches for soil C accretion …

Cross-sectoral perspectives (chapter 12)

M Babiker, G Berndes, K Blok, B Cohen, A Cowie… - 2022 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
The total emission mitigation potential achievable by the year 2030, calculated based on
sectoral assessments, is sufficient to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions to half of the …

Effects of terracing practices on water erosion control in China: A meta-analysis

D Chen, W Wei, L Chen - Earth-Science Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Terracing has long been considered a strategy for soil and water conservation in many
mountainous regions of the world. However, the effectiveness of terracing is limited by many …