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Fixing a Critical Climate Accounting Error

Searchinger, Timothy D., Hamburg, Steven P., Melillo, Jerry, Chameides, William, Havlik, Petr, Kammen, Daniel M., Likens, Gene E., Lubowski, Ruben N., Obersteiner, Michael, Oppenheimer, Michael, Philip Robertson, G., Schlesinger, William H., David Tilman, G.·2009·Science
DOI 10.1126/science.1178797
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Rules for applying the Kyoto Protocol and national cap-and-trade laws contain a major, but fixable, carbon accounting flaw in assessing bioenergy.

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Authors
Searchinger, T. D., Hamburg, S. P., Melillo, J., Chameides, W., Havlik, P., Kammen, D. M., Likens, G. E., Lubowski, R. N., Obersteiner, M., Oppenheimer, M., Philip Robertson, G., Schlesinger, W. H., & David Tilman, G.
Venue
Science
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published
2009-10-23
Volume
326
Issue
5952
Pages
527-528
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
DOI
10.1126/science.1178797
OpenAlex
W2073568384
Cited by
501
References
2
FWCI
120.56
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Searchinger, T. D., Hamburg, S. P., Melillo, J., Chameides, W., Havlik, P., Kammen, D. M., Likens, G. E., Lubowski, R. N., Obersteiner, M., Oppenheimer, M., Philip Robertson, G., Schlesinger, W. H., & David Tilman, G. (2009). Fixing a Critical Climate Accounting Error. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1178797

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