were sent to the Congress by eminent scientists examining the merits—or demerits—of biomass for climate change mitigation …Biomass, a renewable energy source, has been viewed as “carbon neutral”—that is, its use as energy is presumed not to …), questioned the treatment of all biomass energy as carbon neutral, arguing that it could undermine legislative emissions reduction …

of agricultural and forested areas was used to assess biomass potentials for Germany and Austria. The model is driven by … mean above ground biomass increases derived from the national statistics of Germany and Austria are used. After estimating … above-ground biomass using plant-specific above- to below-ground ratios, conversion factors (corn-to-straw and leaf …

The aim of the paper is to describe the spread forest fire event occurred in the Italian Alps in 2017 under extremely …, the deferred impact of wildfires on the local wood biomass energy supply chain is briefly outlined. …

contained in the roadmaps of the key sectors and compare it to data on available forest biomass. The combined need for forest …As a part of its climate policy, Finnish government facilitated the creation of low-carbon roadmaps by sectors of … the policy process towards the government's goal of carbon neutrality by 2035. We analyse the need and role of biomass use …