What woodfuels can do to mitigate climate change
Contributors: Stockholm Environment Institute
Series: FAO forestry paper -- 162; FAO forestry paper -- 162.
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 83
ISBN-13: 9789251066539
Subjects: Climate change mitigation; Environmental aspects; Fuelwood; Burning
Description: "Climate change can be mitigated in several ways, but most strategies emphasize reducing greenhouse gas emissions by reducing energy use and switching to energy sources that are less carbon intensive than fossil fuels.  This publication explores the scope, potential and implications for using woodfuels to replace fossil fuels and thereby contribute to climate change mitigation.  It analyses the current woodfuel offset mechanisms in place and their relative emission reduction potentials.  The scope is limited to solid woodfuels (fuelwood, charcoal, prepared biomass such as woodchips and pellets, and recovered products or residues from wood processing industries)."--Back cover
Notes: "Prepared by the Stockholm Environment Institute."--Acknowledgements

Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-83).

Also freely available online.
Table of contents: title: Forest resources and woody biomass; title: National, regional and global markets for woodfuels; title: Future trends in energy, climate and woodfuel use; title: Climate change mitigation potential of woodfuels; title: Socio-economic impacts; title: Environmental impacts; title: Sustainability certification; title: Carbon finance for woodfuels; title: Research, development, demonstration and deployment.