Biofuels and Climate Change Mitigation

Govinda Timilsina () and Simon Mevel
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Simon Mevel: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), RITD

Chapter Chapter 9 in The Impacts of Biofuels on the Economy, Environment, and Poverty, 2014, pp 111-122 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Many countries present climate change mitigation benefit as one of the main rationales to defend their policies to promote biofuels. However, the role of biofuels on climate change mitigation remains ambiguous. Whether or not biofuels save greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions depends on how the savings are estimated. The GHG mitigation potentials of biofuels are normally assessed through three different approaches: project level approach, life-cycle approach, and an approach that accounts for indirect land-use change (ILUC) effect. Relying on a general equilibrium analysis, this chapter assesses climate change mitigation impacts of meeting biofuel mandates and targets introduced by 40 plus countries around the world.

Keywords: Corn Stover; Climate Change Mitigation; Pasture Land; Land Conversion; Harvest Wood Product (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0518-8_9

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