Biomass

Woody biomass is marketed as a clean energy, but it is another false solution to the climate crisis. Not only is carbon released when trees are burned; the demand for charcoal for industrial uses, and wood chips and pellets for heating or electricity generation are driving expansion of monoculture tree plantations, particularly in the global South.

Multimedia 29 December 2010
Produced by Gender CC, Women for Climate Justice, with the support of the WRM International Secretariat.