The availability and quality of data concerning the wood industry, in particular the use of wood for energy purposes, must be improved, concludes a study by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) published on 25 January.
According to the study, EU emissions from the combustion of woody biomass were between 350 and 380 million tonnes of CO2 in 2015. However, for the same year, the authors estimate the emissions of greenhouse gases from fossil fuels “avoided” through...