Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Bright, Ryan M."
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Bioenergy and climate change mitigation: An assessment
Creutzig, Felix; Ravindranath, Nijavalli H.; Berndes, Göran; Bolwig, Simon; Bright, Ryan M.; Cherubini, Francesco; Chum, Helena; Corbera, Esteve; Delucchi, Mark; Faaij, André; Fargione, Joseph; Haberl, Helmut; Heath, Garvin; Lucon, Oswaldo; Plevin, Richard; Popp, Alexander; Robledo-Abad, Carmenza; Rose, Steven; Smith, Pete; Strømman, Anders Hammer; Suh, Sangwon; Masera, Omar Raúl (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Bioenergy deployment offers significant potential for climate change mitigation, but also carries considerable risks. In this review, we bring together perspectives of various communities involved in the research and ... -
Considering only first-order effects? How simplifications lead to unrealistic technology optimism in climate change mitigation
Arvesen, Anders; Bright, Ryan M.; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)This article challenges the notion that energy efficiency and ‘clean’ energy technologies can deliver sufficient degrees of climate change mitigation. By six arguments not widely recognized in the climate policy arena, we ... -
Economic savings linked to future Arctic shipping are at odds with climate change mitigation
Lindstad, Haakon; Bright, Ryan M.; Strømman, Anders Hammer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)This paper assesses costs, emissions, and climate impact by freight shipping in the Arctic with main focus on the Northern Sea Route. The entire route lies in Arctic waters, which due to global warming, has become ice free ... -
Environmental Systems Analysis of Road Transportation Based on Boreal Forest Biofuel: Case Studies and Scenarios for Nordic Europe
Bright, Ryan M. (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2011:246, Doctoral thesis, 2011) -
Global climate impacts of forest bioenergy: what, when and how to measure?
Cherubini, Francesco; Bright, Ryan M.; Strømman, Anders Hammer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Environmental impact studies of forest bioenergy systems usually account for CO2 emissions and removals and identify the so-called carbon debt of bioenergy through comparison with a reference system. This approach is based ... -
Radiative forcing bias of simulated surface albedo modifications linked to forest cover changes at northern latitudes
Bright, Ryan M.; Myhre, Gunnar; Astrup, Rasmus Andreas; Antón-Fernández, Clara; Strømman, Anders Hammer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)In the presence of snow, the bias in the prediction of surface albedo by many climate models remains difficult to correct due to the difficulties of separating the albedo parameterizations from those describing snow and ... -
Site-specific global warming potentials of biogenic CO2 for bioenergy: contributions from carbon fluxes and albedo dynamics
Cherubini, Francesco; Bright, Ryan M.; Strømman, Anders Hammer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Production of biomass for bioenergy can alter biogeochemical and biogeophysical mechanisms, thus affecting local and global climate. Recent scientific developments have mainly embraced impacts from land use changes resulting ... -
Technical Note: Evaluating a simple parameterization of radiative shortwave forcing from surface albedo change
Bright, Ryan M.; Kvalevåg, Maria Malene (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Land-use activities affect Earth’s energy balance not only via biogeochemical emissions, but also through perturbations in surface albedo, the latter of which is often excluded in impact assessment studies. In this short ...