How effective are the sustainability criteria accompanying the European Union 2020 biofuel targets?

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 306-314

  Frank, Stefan ^a   Böttcher, Hannes ^a   Havlík, Petr ^a,d   Valin, Hugo ^a   Mosnier, Aline ^a   Obersteiner, Michael ^a   Schmid, Erwin ^b   Elbersen, Berien ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biofuels; GHG emissions; Land use change; Modelling; Renewable Energy Directive; Sustainability criteria

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUELS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; MODELS;

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; GHG EMISSION; LAND-USE CHANGE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY DIRECTIVE (RED); SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84876169274     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2012.01188.x     Document Type: Article

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