Economic and ecological views on climate change mitigation with bioenergy and negative emissions

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 4-10

  Creutzig, Felix ^a,b  

^a MERCATOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON GLOBAL COMMONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

BECCS; Bioenergy; Biophysical limits; Climate change; Life cycle emissions; Risks; Yields

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; CARBON CAPTURE; ECOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GASES; RISKS; STABILIZATION;

BECCS; BIO-ENERGY; BIOPHYSICAL LIMITS; LIFE CYCLE EMISSIONS; YIELDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOENERGY; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84954237698     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12235     Document Type: Article

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