What Woodfuels Can Do to Mitigate Climate Change (Fao Forestry Paper, 162)

Explores the scope, potential and implications for using woodfuels to replace fossil fuels and thereby contribute to climate change mitigation. This report analyses the current woodfuel offset mechanism in place and their relative emission reduction potentials.

This publication explores the scope, potential and implications for using woodfuels to replace fossil fuels and thereby contribute to climate change mitigation. It analyses the current woodfuel offset mechanism in place and their relative emission reduction potentials. The scope is limited to solid woodfuels, however, some themes covered will be applicable to all woodfuels. The publication will be of interest to specialists and policy-makers in forestry, climate change and renewable energy, as well as to forest managers, students and general audiences interested in learning more about the role of forests in energy production and the resulting mitigation potential.