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Chatham House's Duncan Brack on the huge emissions from burning US wood overseas

Chatham House's Duncan Brack on the huge emissions from burning US wood overseas

FromThe Land & Climate Podcast


Chatham House's Duncan Brack on the huge emissions from burning US wood overseas

FromThe Land & Climate Podcast

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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Dec 8, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

"In 2019, the use of United States sourced wood pellets in the UK was accountable for 16 million to 19 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, mostly burned by Drax. That is roughly equivalent to a quarter of all the emissions from the UK power sector."Edward speaks to Duncan Brack, Associate Fellow at Chatham House and author of numerous reports into industrial-scale biomass  and forestry policy.Read the report here. Click here to visit The Future Unrefined, our curated collection of articles and podcasts on raw materials and extraction. Find more podcasts and articles at www.landclimate.org
Released:
Dec 8, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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The editorial team from The Land and Climate Review interview thinkers and policymakers in the world of economics, land-use and climate policy. Find more on our site at www.landclimate.org