Fixing a critical climate accounting error

Fixing a critical climate accounting error

Authors:   Searchinger TD, Hamburg SP, Melillo J, Chameides WL, Havlik P, Kammen DM, Likens GE, Lubowski RN, Obersteiner M, Oppenheimer M, Robertson GP, Schlesinger WH, Tilman GD

Publication Year:   2009

Reference:  Science, 326(5952):527-528 (23 October 2009)

Abstract

Rules for applying the Kyoto Protocol and national cap-and-trade laws contain a major, but fixable, carbon accounting flaw in assessing bioenergy.

VIEW CONTENT

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Phone: (+43 2236) 807 0 Fax:(+43 2236) 71 313

Twitter Facebook Youtube
Follow us on