Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Iordan, Cristina Maria"
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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 ... -
Consumption-based impacts on land use and biodiversity
Iordan, Cristina Maria; Bjelle, Eivind Lekve; Pujol Martin, Marta (Research report, 2023)This project will compile scientific evidence (based on published articles, reports and case studies) on how the consumption-based effects on land use and biodiversity can be analysed and reported. -
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 ... -
Energy potentials and water requirements from perennial grasses on abandoned land in the former Soviet Union
Næss, Jan Sandstad; Iordan, Cristina Maria; Muri, Helene; Cherubini, Francesco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)A ramp-up of bioenergy supply is vital in most climate change mitigation scenarios. Using abandoned land to produce perennial grasses is a promising option for near-term bioenergy deployment with minimal trade-offs to food ... -
Energy potentials, negative emissions, and spatially explicit environmental impacts of perennial grasses on abandoned cropland in Europe
Iordan, Cristina Maria; Giroux, Baptiste; Næss, Jan Sandstad; Hu, Xiangping; Cavalett, Otávio; Cherubini, Francesco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Cultivating perennial grasses on abandoned cropland for bioenergy production is a promising option to meet future renewable energy demands at lower risks for food security and environmental degradation. Studies on the ... -
Environmental impacts assessment of wastewater treatment and sludge disposal systems under two sewage discharge standards: a case study in Kunshan, China
Liu, Weixing; Iordan, Cristina Maria; Cherubini, Francesco; Hu, Xiangping; Fu, Dafang (Journal article, 2021)To improve water quality in cities, the Chinese government has raised the discharge standard in many areas from class 1B to the more stringent 1A. Therefore, sewage treatment plants must ramp up their advanced treatment. ... -
Estimating future wood outtakes in the Norwegian forestry sector under the shared socioeconomic pathways
Hu, Xiangping; Iordan, Cristina Maria; Cherubini, Francesco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)The forest sector plays a key role in achieving low temperature stabilization targets, as woody biomass represents a cost-efficient alternative to fossil fuels for energy and material production. Estimates of future woody ... -
Integrating impacts on climate change and biodiversity from forest harvest in Norway
Iordan, Cristina Maria; Verones, Francesca; Cherubini, Francesco (Journal article, 2018)Forest ecosystems provide a variety of services, from climate regulation to biodiversity conservation. Temporary land cover variations such as those related to forest management can contribute to climate change through ... -
Life-Cycle Assessment of a biogas power plant with application of different climate metrics and inclusion of near-term climate forcers
Iordan, Cristina Maria (Master thesis, 2016)In this project we investigate the environmental sustainability associated with the production of electricity through anaerobic co-digestion of sewage sludge and other organic wastes under Norwegian conditions. We provide ... -
Net Climate Effects of Moose Browsing in Early Successional Boreal Forests by Integrating Carbon and Albedo Dynamics
Salisbury, John; Hu, Xiangping; Speed, James David Mervyn; Iordan, Cristina Maria; Austrheim, Gunnar; Cherubini, Francesco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Moose (Alces alces) is a large herbivore that can mediate boreal forest regeneration after timber harvest through selective browsing of tree species. Despite increasing evidence of moose browsing influence on tree growth ... -
Recent global land cover dynamics and implications for soil erosion and carbon losses from deforestation
Hu, Xiangping; Næss, Jan Sandstad; Iordan, Cristina Maria; Huang, Bo; Zhao, Wenwu; Cherubini, Francesco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Changes in land cover are increasingly affecting land surface properties and provision of ecosystem services. Understanding recent historical land cover changes and their interlinkages with key environmental processes is ... -
Spatially and taxonomically explicit characterisation factors for greenhouse gas emission impacts on biodiversity
Iordan, Cristina Maria; Kuipers, Koen Jacobus Josefus; Huang, Bo; Hu, Xiangping; Verones, Francesca; Cherubini, Francesco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In life-cycle impact assessment, currently available characterisation factors (CF) for climate change impacts on biodiversity are highly simplified and do not consider spatial and taxonomic differentiation of species or ...