Fixing a Critical Climate Accounting Error

Timothy D. Searchinger, Steven P. Hamburg, Jerry M. Melillo, W. L. Chameides, Peter Havlík, Daniel M. Kammen, Gene E. Likens, Ruben N. Lubowski, Michael Obersteiner, Michael Oppenheimer,

Science · 2009 · 500 citations · 3 references

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Abstract

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

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