Literature on the climate effects of harvesting forest biomass

Learn more about research data concerning the climate effects of harvesting forest biomass, categorised into themes.

Consistent selection of reference situation

• Quantifying the climate effects of bioenergy – Choice of reference system (ScienceDirect)
• Attributional life cycle assessment: is a land-use baseline necessary? (SpringerLink)
• Approaches for inclusion of forest carbon cycle in life cycle assessment – a review. Helin 2013. GCB Bioenergy (Wiley Online Library)

Assessments of the impact of sinks and substitution in the use of Finnish forests

• Climate Change Mitigation Challenge for Wood Utilization—The Case of Finland. Environmental Science & Technology (acs.org)
• Metsät biotalouden raaka-aineena ja hiilinieluna (luke.fi) (pdf)
• Effect of increased wood harvesting and utilization on required greenhouse gas displacement factors of wood-based products and fuels (ScienceDirect)
• On the trade-offs and synergies between forest carbon sequestration and substitution (SpringerLink)

Assessments of the impact of sinks in final felling and thinning

• Global warming potentials of stemwood used for energy and materials in Southern Finland: differentiation of impacts based on type of harvest and product lifetime. Helin 2016. GCB Bioenergy (Wiley Online Library)

Assessments of the climate effects of forest bioenergy production

• Indirect carbon dioxide emissions from producing bioenergy from forest harvest residues. Repo 2011. GCB Bioenergy (Wiley Online Library)
• Forest bioenergy climate impact can be improved by allocating forest residue removal. Repo 2012. GCB Bioenergy (Wiley Online Library)
• Wood decomposition model for boreal forests (ScienceDirect)
• Toward a More Comprehensive Greenhouse Gas Emissions Assessment of Biofuels: The Case of Forest-Based Fischer–Tropsch Diesel Production in Finland. Environmental Science & Technology (acs.org)
• Metsäbiomassan energiakäytön ilmastovaikutukset Suomessa. Suomen ympäristö 5/2011. (helda.fi)
• Biomassan energiakäyttö: Vaikutukset hiilinieluihin ja ilmastopäästöihin. Sampo Soimakallio. (koneensaatio.fi) (pdf)

Reporting and calculation of GHGs for the UN climate agreement

• Frequently Asked Questions - IPCC-TFI (iges.or.jp)
• Common metrics (UNFCCC)

Collected by Head of Unit Sampo Soimakallio, Finnish Environment Institute SYKE.