The Amazon tipping point theory?
The Amazon tipping point theory postulates that another 2-10% deforestation could make the world’s largest tropical rainforest too dry to sustain itself. Thus the Amazon would turn into a savanna,…
Wood use: what CO2 credentials?
…They highlight climate negatives for deforestation, climate positives for using waste wood and wood materials (with some debate around paper), and very strong climate positives for natural gas. $499.00 – Purchase Checkout…
Growing economies: reforest and reinvest?
…double these countries’ investment rates. Reinvesting in wind, solar, electrification avoids higher carbon fuels and deforestation for firewood. Reinvesting in timber value chains maximizes CO2 permanence and value. This 13-page…
CO2 intensity of wood: context by context?
…of emissions reductions per ton of wood through to +2 tons of incremental emissions per ton of wood. Covered contexts include deforestation, sustainable forestry, commercial thinnings and gathering fallen biomass;…
Room for reforestation: a database of global land use?
…land, or around 15bn hectares. The deforestation of 5bn acres of land has historically released almost 1 trillion tons of CO2, which is 25-30% of all anthropogenic CO2 emissions (model…
Nature based solutions to climate change?
…below. (1) Deforestation and land use changes have emitted over 1 trillion tons of CO2 since pre-industrial times, as 5bn acres have been deforested (data here). That is 25% of…
Carbon accounting: philosophical investigations?
…materials do not appear to be captured by Scope 1, 2 or 3 categories. https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/breakdown-of-global-co2-emissions/ The destruction of nature, or CO2 fluxes caused by deforestation or environmental degradation do not…
Forest fires: what climate conclusions?
…a virtuous source of generating carbon credits, albeit slightly less virtuous than incremental reforestation. Forests store 200-300 tons of carbon per hectare. Moreover, deforestation contributes 6.5GTpa of emissions, as 10M…
Diet and climate: should energy transition include agriculture?
…by animal agriculture, and half may be for rearing beef. Thus deforestation remains the largest source of anthropogenic CO2 emissions on the planet (chart below). https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/breakdown-of-global-co2-emissions/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/net-zero-an-energy-climate-model-for-2-degrees/ (7) Agricultural land also…
Global energy: supply-demand model?
…is the emerging world. The emerging world is more likely to favor cheap, dirty coal. Or worse, deforestation for firewood. Thus another way to ameliorate under-supply in our global energy…