Searchinger et al. (2026): Decades of Increased Emissions from Forest-Fueled BECCS – Preprint
Timothy Searchinger, Liqing Peng, Daniella Russi, Charles Canham, IN: ResearchSquare, https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9038129/v1
Should climate policies encourage bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) using wood from existing forests? Although mitigation pathways in integrated assessment models often rely on BECCS fueled by energy crops, European governments are moving to financially support BECCS sourced instead from existing forests. To estimate its emissions and financial costs, they develop a model that transparently tracks carbon flows from forest to end use and allows policymakers to easily alter assumptions.