[HTML][HTML] The battle for biomass: a systematic review of food-feed-fuel competition

A Muscat, EM De Olde, IJM de Boer, R Ripoll-Bosch - Global Food Security, 2020 - Elsevier
We review 75 studies on the competition for biomass and production resources such as
land, water, labour and capital across food, feed and fuel production. We identified seven …

Nature based solutions for contaminated land remediation and brownfield redevelopment in cities: A review

Y Song, N Kirkwood, Č Maksimović, X Zheng… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Urban industrialization has caused severe land contamination at hundreds of thousands of
sites in cities all around the world, posing a serious health risk to millions of people. Many …

Negative emissions—Part 2: Costs, potentials and side effects

S Fuss, WF Lamb, MW Callaghan… - Environmental …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The most recent IPCC assessment has shown an important role for negative emissions
technologies (NETs) in limiting global warming to 2 C cost-effectively. However, a bottom-up …

Bioenergy and climate change mitigation: an assessment

F Creutzig, NH Ravindranath, G Berndes… - Gcb …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Bioenergy deployment offers significant potential for climate change mitigation, but also
carries considerable risks. In this review, we bring together perspectives of various …

Biorefinery of microalgae for food and fuel

M Vanthoor-Koopmans, RH Wijffels, MJ Barbosa… - Bioresource …, 2013 - Elsevier
Microalgae are a promising source for proteins, lipids and carbohydrates for the food/feed
and biofuel industry. In comparison with soya and palm oil, microalgae can be grown in a …

Second generation biofuels: Economics and policies

MA Carriquiry, X Du, GR Timilsina - Energy policy, 2011 - Elsevier
This study reviews economics of production of second generation biofuels from various
feedstocks, including crop and wood/forestry residues, lignocellulosic energy crops …

Biofuel production and its impact on food security in low and middle income countries: Implications for the post-2015 sustainable development goals

AMN Renzaho, JK Kamara, M Toole - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
The post-2015 sustainable development goals (SDGs) aim to strengthen the achievements
of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). There are 17 SDGs, the first two tackle …

Biomass and biofuels in China: Toward bioenergy resource potentials and their impacts on the environment

Z Qin, Q Zhuang, X Cai, Y He, Y Huang, D Jiang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Bioenergy can be a promising solution to the energy, food and environment trilemma in
China. Currently this coal-dependent nation is in urgent need of alternative fuels to secure …

Is biofuel expansion in develo** countries reasonable? A review of empirical evidence of food and land use impacts

P Das, H Gundimeda - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Policy expectations from biofuels have been a widely contested issue. Lately, the risks and
uncertainties associated with the unintended consequences of biofuels in terms of food and …

Assessing the lignocellulosic biomass resources potential in develo** countries: A critical review

K Ullah, VK Sharma, S Dhingra, G Braccio… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
This review paper analyses the potential environmental impacts and economic viability of
producing biofuel from lignocellulosic biomass resources in various countries of the world. In …