Blar i NTNU Open på forfatter "Cherubini, Francesco"
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Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the post-pandemic era
Zhao, Wenwu; Yin, Caichun; Hua, Ting; Meadows, Michael E.; Li, Yan; Liu, Yanxu; Cherubini, Francesco; Pereira, Paulo; Fu, Bojie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose substantial challenges to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Exploring systematic SDG strategies is urgently needed to aid recovery from the pandemic and reinvigorate ... -
An action plan for the agri-food sector at the time of the climate and biodiversity crises
Cherubini, Francesco; Hua, Ting; Zhao, Wenwu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023) -
Advancing sustainable land and water management strategies for deployment of bioenergy production systems
Næss, Jan Sandstad (Doctoral theses at NTNU, 2022:115, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Bioenergy is a necessity in most climate change mitigation scenario limiting global warming to below 2°C at the end of century relative to pre-industrial times. The large landrequirements associated with large-scale ... -
Application of probability distributions to the modeling of biogenic CO2 fluxes in life cycle assessment
Cherubini, Francesco; Guest, Geoffrey; Strømman, Anders Hammer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)In life cycle assessment (LCA), the same characterization factors are conventionally applied irrespective of when the emissions occur (the same importance is given to emissions in the past, present, and future). When the ... -
Biochar and Its Potential to Deliver Negative Emissions and Better Soil Quality in Europe
Tisserant, Alexandre; Hu, Xiangping; Liu, Qi; Xie, Zubin; Zhao, Wenwu; Cherubini, Francesco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Negative emissions are essential to limit global warming, but their large-scale deployment rises sustainability concerns. At the same time, agricultural soils are under increasing threat of degradation, as measured by ... -
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 ... -
Bioenergy feedstock production on abandonned agricultural land in Europe - A spatially explicit life cycle analysis
Giroux, Baptiste (Master thesis, 2020)Forlatte jordbruksareal har vist seg som de mest lovende områdene for produksjon av bioenergi som vil minimere konkurranse med arealbruk med mat og tilhørende negative sosiale og miljømessige konsekvenser. Her undersøker ... -
Bioenergy for climate change mitigation: scale and sustainability
Calvin, Kathrine; Cowie, Annette; Berndes, Göran; Arneth, Almut; Cherubini, Francesco; Portugal- Pereira, Joana; Grassi, Giacomo; House, Jo; Johnson, Francis X.; Popp, Alexander; Rounsevell, Mark; Slade, Raphael; Smith, Pete (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Many global climate change mitigation pathways presented in IPCC assessment reports rely heavily on the deployment of bioenergy, often used in conjunction with carbon capture and storage. We review the literature on bioenergy ... -
Changes in multiple ecosystem services and their influencing factors in Nordic countries
Hu, Xiangping; Hou, Yanzhen; Li, Dan; Hua, Ting; Marchi, Maurizio; Urrego, Johana Paola Forero; Huang, Bo; Zhao, Wenwu; Cherubini, Francesco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Understanding changes of ecosystem services and their influencing factors is crucial for more sustainable ecosystem management and conservation of nature contributions to people, especially in regions suffering high pressure ... -
Circular Biogas Systems For New York’s Greater Hudson Valley
Catania, Nicholas Paul (Master thesis, 2021)New York State (NYS) has made great legislative strides in regards to climate change mitigation, excess food waste generation, and the renewable energy transition. Specifically, the NY Climate Act, the Food Donation & ... -
Climate change mitigation of drop-in biofuels for deep-sea shipping under a prospective life-cycle assessment
Barbosa Watanabe, Marcos Djun; Cherubini, Francesco; Cavalett, Otávio (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The shipping sector is seeking options to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and achieve ambitious climate change mitigation goals. Unlike short-sea shipping that can rely on electrification of coastal vessels, ... -
Climate change mitigation potentials of bioenergy production, natural regrowth and afforestation on abandoned croplands
Gvein, Maren Haug (Master thesis, 2021)Karbonopptak og -lagring som følge av landbruksendringer har fått økende oppmerksomhet som viktige bidrag i fremtidig klimaarbeid. Ettersom økende press på landarealer og konkurranse mellom ulike sektorer fortsatt er ... -
Climate change mitigation potentials of biofuels produced from perennial crops and natural regrowth on abandoned and degraded cropland in Nordic countries
Næss, Jan Sandstad; Hu, Xiangping; Gvein, Maren Haug; Iordan, Cristina Maria; Cavalett, Otávio; Giroux, Baptiste; Cherubini, Francesco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Bioenergy expansion is present in most climate change mitigation scenarios. The associated large land use changes have led to concerns on how bioenergy can be sustainably deployed. Promising win-win strategies include the ... -
Climate change mitigation potentials of on grid-connected Power-to-X fuels and advanced biofuels for the European maritime transport
Watanabe, Marcos Djun Barbosa; Hu, Xiangping; Ballal, Vedant Pushpahas; Cavalett, Otavio; Cherubini, Francesco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This study proposes a country-based life-cycle assessment (LCA) of several conversion pathways related to both on grid-connected Power-to-X (PtX) fuels and advanced biofuel production for maritime transport in Europe. We ... -
Co-benefits and trade-offs of agroforestry for climate change mitigation and other sustainability goals in West Africa
Tschora, Heloise Lea; Cherubini, Francesco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Agroforestry is a land management practice where trees are grown around or among crops or pastureland. This integration of agriculture and forestry is frequently seen as an option that can secure food security and co-deliver ... -
CO2 emissions from biomass combustion for bioenergy: atmospheric decay and contribution to global warming
Cherubini, Francesco; Peters, Glen Philip; Berntsen, Terje Koren; Strømman, Anders Hammer; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from biomass combustion are traditionally assumed climate neutral if the bioenergy system is carbon (C) flux neutral, i.e. the CO2 released from biofuel combustion approximately equals the ... -
Comparing the climate change mitigation potentials of alternative land uses: Crops for biofuels or biochar vs. natural regrowth
Løvenskiold, Anne Cecilie; Hu, Xiangping; Zhao, Wenwu; Cherubini, Francesco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Using biomass from dedicated crops for energy production and natural vegetation regrowth are key elements in future climate change mitigation scenarios. However, there are still uncertainties about the mitigation potentials ... -
Comparing trends of crop and pasture in future land-use scenarios for climate change mitigation.
Malbranque, Maxime (Master thesis, 2022)Natural forest regrowth on former agricultural land represents a large potential for climate change mitigation and nature conservation by rebuilding biogenic carbon stocks. Expansion and abandonment of agricultural land ... -
Continuous growth of human footprint risks compromising the benefits of protected areas in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Hua, Ting; Zhao, Wenwu; Cherubini, Francesco; Hu, Xiangping; Pereira, Paulo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Protected areas (PAs) are the critical societal tool to preserve biodiversity and ecosystem services (ESs), but human disturbances frequently threaten them. Here, we used multiple data sources to map the human footprint ... -
Contribution of forest wood products to negative emissions: historical comparative analysis from 1960 to 2015 in Norway, Sweden and Finland
Iordan, Cristina Maria; Hu, Xiangping; Arvesen, Anders; Kauppi, Pekka; Cherubini, Francesco (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Forests and forest products can significantly contribute to climate change mitigation by stabilizing and even potentially decreasing the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. Harvested wood ...