TY  - JOUR
A1  - Merfort, Leon
A1  - Bauer, Nico
A1  - Humpenöder, Florian
A1  - Klein, David
A1  - Strefler, Jessica
A1  - Popp, Alexander
A1  - Luderer, Gunnar
A1  - Kriegler, Elmar
T1  - Bioenergy-induced land-use-change emissions with sectorally fragmented policies
JF  - Nature climate change
N2  - Controlling bioenergy-induced land-use-change emissions is key to exploiting bioenergy for climate change mitigation. However, the effect of different land-use and energy sector policies on specific bioenergy emissions has not been studied so far. Using the global integrated assessment model REMIND-MAgPIE, we derive a biofuel emission factor (EF) for different policy frameworks. We find that a uniform price on emissions from both sectors keeps biofuel emissions at 12 kg CO2 GJ−1. However, without land-use regulation, the EF increases substantially (64 kg CO2 GJ−1 over 80 years, 92 kg CO2 GJ−1 over 30 years). We also find that comprehensive coverage (>90%) of carbon-rich land areas worldwide is key to containing land-use emissions. Pricing emissions indirectly on the level of bioenergy consumption reduces total emissions by cutting bioenergy demand but fails to reduce the average EF. In the absence of comprehensive and timely land-use regulation, bioenergy thus may contribute less to climate change mitigation than assumed previously.
KW  - agriculture
KW  - climate-change mitigation
KW  - energy policy
KW  - energy supply and demand
KW  - environmental economics
Y1  - 2023
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01697-2
SN  - 1758-678X
SN  - 1758-6798
VL  - 13
IS  - 7
SP  - 685
EP  - 692
PB  - Nature Publ. Group
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Merfort, Leon
A1  - Bauer, Nico
A1  - Humpenöder, Florian
A1  - Klein, David
A1  - Strefler, Jessica
A1  - Popp, Alexander
A1  - Luderer, Gunnar
A1  - Kriegler, Elmar
T1  - State of global land regulation inadequate to control biofuel land-use-change emissions
JF  - Nature climate change
N2  - Under current land-use regulation, carbon dioxide emissions from biofuel production exceed those from fossil diesel combustion. Therefore, international agreements need to ensure the effective and globally comprehensive protection of natural land before modern bioenergy can effectively contribute to achieving carbon neutrality.
KW  - agriculture
KW  - climate-change mitigation
KW  - energy policy
KW  - energy supply and demand
KW  - environmental economics
Y1  - 2023
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01711-7
SN  - 1758-678X
SN  - 1758-6798
VL  - 13
IS  - 7
SP  - 610
EP  - 612
PB  - Nature Publ. Group
CY  - London
ER  -