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ProfessorJemWoods

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Centre for Environmental Policy

Professor of Sustainable Development
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 9328jeremy.woods Website

 
 
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Location

 

1.02Weeks BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@techreport{Fritsche:2017,
author = {Fritsche, UR and Berndes, B and Cowie, AL and Dale, VH and Kline, KL and Johnson, FX and Langeveld, H and Sharma, N and Watson, H and Woods, J},
booktitle = {Working Paper for the Global Land Outlook},
title = {Sustainable energy options and implications for land use},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/53618},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - RPRT
AB  - This Global Land Outlook working paper is one of a series that aims to synthesize and compile know¬ledge, focus on the land-energy nexus (i.e., taking into account food and water) and provi¬de data, contexts, and recom¬men¬da¬tions on the interaction between energy and land.  The normative framework for analysis will be the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Since the mandate of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is to combat global desertification and land degradation, the land “footprint” of energy supply and use, referred to in SDG 15, is of particular inte¬rest. Currently, approximately 90 percent of global energy demand is met from non-renewable energy (mainly fossil), which leaves its footprint on land through resource extraction (e.g., coal mi¬ning), conversion (e.g., refineries, power plants) and their respective infrastructure (e.g., pipelines, fuel storage, transmission lines). Similarly, the development of renewable energies, such as biomass, geothermal, hydro, solar and wind, has land consequences, although these differ in scope and form. This paper identifies and compares the land impact of all terrestrial energy forms. It also focuses on the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the use and supply of energy, as well as the maintenance and enhancement of terrestrial carbon sinks that are essential to mitigating climate change, as set forth in SDG 13 and the Paris Agreement of 12 December 2015. Meeting these goals will require a rapid scale up of low-carbon, sustainable energy sources and their efficient distribution. Many of these activities have significant implications for land use, management and planning. Energy and land use are further linked to issues addres¬sed by other SDGs, such as those that relate to biodiversity, employment, rural develop¬ment, soil degradation and water, among others. These linkages are briefly discussed in this publication.
AU  - Fritsche,UR
AU  - Berndes,B
AU  - Cowie,AL
AU  - Dale,VH
AU  - Kline,KL
AU  - Johnson,FX
AU  - Langeveld,H
AU  - Sharma,N
AU  - Watson,H
AU  - Woods,J
PY  - 2017///
TI  - Sustainable energy options and implications for land use
T1  - Working Paper for the Global Land Outlook
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/53618
ER  -
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