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27 January 2021
by WWF
-- last modified 27 January 2021
A European Commission report concludes that most forest biomass produces more greenhouse gas emissions than coal, oil and gas.
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And in 23 out of the 24 scenarios the Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) examined, biomass had a negative impact on climate, biodiversity, or both.
Indeed the report, published yesterday, finds that most of the forest biomass currently being burnt for energy in the EU not only increases emissions compared to fossil fuels, but does so for decades - which would imperil the EU's net zero target for 2050 and chances of stopping runaway climate change.