Biomass-based negative emissions difficult to reconcile with planetary boundaries

A safe operating space for humanity

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Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet

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The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and their energy, land use, and greenhouse gas emissions implications: An overview

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Updated high‐resolution grids of monthly climatic observations – the CRU TS3 .10 Dataset

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Evaluation of ecosystem dynamics, plant geography and terrestrial carbon cycling in the LPJ dynamic global vegetation model

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Sustainable biochar to mitigate global climate change

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Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation: Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions

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Modelling the role of agriculture for the 20th century global terrestrial carbon balance

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A global assessment of endemism and species richness across island and mainland regions

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Powering Direct Air Capture: Overview of Existing Concepts and the Overlooked Role of Concentrated Solar Thermal Technologies

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Negative emissions pose trade-offs among human health, planetary boundaries and mineral resourcesPreprint

Cobo, S., Galán‐Martín, Á., & Guillén‐Gosálbez, G. (2025) · Research Square · doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-6403773/v1

Outlook

Hajer, M. A., & Oomen, J. (2025) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780198955382.003.0012

Futures in Environmental Politics

Hajer, M. A., & Oomen, J. (2025) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780198955382.003.0004

Dramaturgies of Change

Hajer, M. A., & Oomen, J. (2025) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780198955382.003.0011

The Drama of Environmental Politics

Hajer, M. A., & Oomen, J. (2025) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780198955382.003.0003 · Cited by 1

A Cultural Politics of the Environment

Hajer, M. A., & Oomen, J. (2025) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780198955382.003.0009

A Captured Politics

Hajer, M. A., & Oomen, J. (2025) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780198955382.003.0001

Ecological Modernization’s Last Stand: Geoengineering

Hajer, M. A., & Oomen, J. (2025) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780198955382.003.0007

The Politics of Futuring

Hajer, M. A., & Oomen, J. (2025) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780198955382.003.0006

Lexicon of Concepts and Definitions

Hajer, M. A., & Oomen, J. (2025) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780198955382.003.0013

The New Discursive Space

Hajer, M. A., & Oomen, J. (2025) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780198955382.003.0010

Negative emissions will challenge global resource supply and environmental limitsPreprint

Cobo, S., Galán‐Martín, Á., & Guillén‐Gosálbez, G. (2025) · Research Square · doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-6403773/v2

Improving the Representation of Biodiversity in Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs)Preprint

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Quantitative assessment of the sustainability of greenhouse gas mitigation strategies in the AFOLU sector at the global scale

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Evaluation des pratiques agricoles comme levier d'action contre le changement climatique : apport de la modélisation à l'échelle globale

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Addressing climate change with carbon dioxide removal : Insights from industrial economics and cooperative games

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Carbon Dioxide as a Resource: Advances, Challenges, and Future Perspectives in Carbon Capture and UtilizationPreprint

Ming, Z. (2026) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.6543113

Climate and ecological constraints of cultivating bioenergy crops for climate mitigation in tropical regions

Fofrich, R., Chiu, A., & Ordway, E. M. (2026) · PNAS Nexus · doi:10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag123

Joint compliance with food security and environmental constraints limits the global potential of energy crops

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Multi-dimensional feasibility assessment of macroalgal carbon for China's carbon neutrality

Yue, L., Qu, M., Fan, W., Zou, Z., Zhang, Y., & Chen, Y. (2026) · Environmental Impact Assessment Review · doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2026.108578

India’s biofuel blending policy presents serious trade-offs with land use, nitrogen emissions and food security

Jha, C. K., Stevanović, M., Das, P., Dietrich, J. P., Mosnier, A., Popp, A., Ghosh, R., & Lotze‐Campen, H. (2026) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0351419 · Cited by 3

Exploring historical discontinuities in global climate scenarios: A model-based reappraisal of the shared socio-economic pathways

Lauer, A. H., Llases, L., & Ortiz, D. C. (2026) · Ecological Modelling · doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2026.111758

All climate models are wrong but wrong models are useful: Why, where, and how?

Douville, H. (2026) · PLOS Climate · doi:10.1371/journal.pclm.0001000

Food system contributions to future planetary boundary transgressions: a multiscale modelling assessment of scenarios

Luchtenbelt, H., Doelman, J., Biemans, H., Bos, A., Beusen, A. H. W., Daioglou, V., Marques, A., Scherrenberg, M. D. W., Schulte-Uebbing, L., Wierik, S. T., et al. (2026) · The Lancet Planetary Health · doi:10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101492

Agrivoltaics could increase global land use efficiency compared to bioenergy

Arendarczyk, B., Saxena, A., Arneth, A., Rounsevell, M., & Alexander, P. (2026) · Applied Energy · doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2026.128628

Evolution of planetary boundaries research: A bibliometric analysis and exploration

Zhang, S., & Ye, C. (2026) · Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change · doi:10.1007/s11027-026-10355-9

Assessment of fuelwood diversity and utilization patterns in a Himalayan protected area: implications for conservation and managementPreprint

Islam, T., Khuroo, A. A., & Nawchoo, I. A. (2026) · Research Square · doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-10477465/v1

Assessing Earth system responses in mitigation scenarios with activity-driven simulation of carbon dioxide removal

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Integration of carbon capture technologies with renewable energy systems: Techno-economic, environmental, and policy perspectives toward global net-zero transition

Alrbai, M., Al‐Dahidi, S., Kalidasan, B., Farhan, A. F., Alshriadeh, M., Kharabsheh, S., Ismail, O. A., Ayadi, O., & Lee, J. (2026) · Journal of CO2 Utilization · doi:10.1016/j.jcou.2026.103581

A copula-based probabilistic framework for optimizing negative emission technology portfolios in Northwest China under economic and environmental dual discounting

Zhao, S., Liang, X., Sun, J., Jiang, S., Jin, S., Chen, C., Ma, Y., & SUO, C. (2026) · Energy · doi:10.1016/j.energy.2026.142603

Biomass and bioenergy: A systematic and critical review of the global sustainable potential until 2050

Mensah, T. N. O., Oyewo, A. S., & Breyer, C. (2026) · Smart Energy · doi:10.1016/j.segy.2026.100276

Spatiotemporal assessment of US seaweed energy and fertilizer pathways reveals climate and land-use mitigation opportunities

Jiang, P., Tu, Q., & You, F. (2026) · Chem Circularity · doi:10.1016/j.checir.2026.100174

Spatial mismatch of biomass supply constrains biochar-based decarbonization in China’s iron and steel industry

Fu, Y., Li, H., Chen, B., Xie, H., Dai, M., Han, Z., Sun, L., Xue, M., & Zhang, D. (2026) · Resources Conservation and Recycling · doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2026.109210

Multiple planetary boundaries preclude biomass crops for carbon capture and storage outside of agricultural areas

Braun, J., Werner, C., Gerten, D., Stenzel, F., Schaphoff, S., & Lucht, W. (2025) · Communications Earth & Environment · doi:10.1038/s43247-025-02033-6 · Cited by 23

Estimating water–food–ecosystem trade-offs for the global negative emission scenario (IPCC-RCP2.6)

Yamagata, Y., Hanasaki, N., Ito, A., Kinoshita, T., Murakami, D., & Zhou, Q. (2018) · Sustainability Science · doi:10.1007/s11625-017-0522-5 · Cited by 42

Global Negative Emission Land Use Scenarios and Their Ecological Implications

Yamagata, Y. (2018) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.10893-0 · Cited by 3

Freshwater requirements of large-scale bioenergy plantations for limiting global warming to 1.5 °C

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Can biomass supply meet the demands of BECCS?

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