The environmental impacts of palm oil in context

E Meijaard, TM Brooks, KM Carlson, EM Slade… - Nature plants, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires balancing
demands on land between agriculture (SDG 2) and biodiversity (SDG 15). The production of …

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 …

Can renewable energy power the future?

P Moriarty, D Honnery - Energy policy, 2016 - Elsevier
Fossil fuels face resource depletion, supply security, and climate change problems;
renewable energy (RE) may offer the best prospects for their long-term replacement …

Comparing the yields of organic and conventional agriculture

V Seufert, N Ramankutty, JA Foley - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Numerous reports have emphasized the need for major changes in the global food system:
agriculture must meet the twin challenge of feeding a growing population, with rising …

How much land‐based greenhouse gas mitigation can be achieved without compromising food security and environmental goals?

P Smith, H Haberl, A Popp, K Erb, C Lauk… - Global change …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Feeding 9–10 billion people by 2050 and preventing dangerous climate change
are two of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Both challenges must be met while …

Mind the gap: how do climate and agricultural management explain the 'yield gap'of croplands around the world?

R Licker, M Johnston, JA Foley… - Global ecology and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aim As the demands for food, feed and fuel increase in coming decades, society will be
pressed to increase agricultural production–whether by increasing yields on already …

Global bioenergy resources

R Slade, A Bauen, R Gross - Nature Climate Change, 2014 - nature.com
Using biomass to provide energy services is a strategically important option for increasing
the global uptake of renewable energy. Yet the practicalities of accelerating deployment are …

[HTML][HTML] The global technical potential of bio-energy in 2050 considering sustainability constraints

H Haberl, T Beringer, SC Bhattacharya, KH Erb… - Current Opinion in …, 2010 - Elsevier
Bio-energy, that is, energy produced from organic non-fossil material of biological origin, is
promoted as a substitute for non-renewable (eg, fossil) energy to reduce greenhouse gas …

Biomass production in switchgrass across the United States: Database description and determinants of yield

SD Wullschleger, EB Davis, ME Borsuk… - Agronomy …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Fundamental to deriving a sustainable supply of cellulosic feedstock for an emerging
biofuels industry is understanding how biomass yield varies as a function of crop …

Trade‐offs between land and water requirements for large‐scale bioenergy production

M Bonsch, F Humpenöder, A Popp, B Bodirsky… - Gcb …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Bioenergy is expected to play an important role in the future energy mix as it can substitute
fossil fuels and contribute to climate change mitigation. However, large‐scale bioenergy …