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Fixing a Critical Climate Accounting Error

2009491 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Timothy D. Searchinger · Princeton University

Steven P. Hamburg

Jerry M. Melillo · Marine Biological Laboratory

W. L. Chameides · Duke University

Peter Havlík · International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Daniel M. Kammen · University of California, Berkeley

Gene E. Likens · Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Abstract

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

Topics & Keywords

Environmental Impact and Sustainability Global Energy and Sustainability Research Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Climate action

Publication Details

Published in: Science

Volume 326, Issue 5952, pp. 527-528

DOI: 10.1126/science.1178797

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 45.47

Fixing a Critical Climate Accounting Error | Researchclopedia

Ruben N. Lubowski

Michael Obersteiner · International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Michael Oppenheimer · Princeton University

G. Philip Robertson

William H. Schlesinger · Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

David Tilman · University of Minnesota