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Bioenergy could slash emissions, but demands massive land use

Nature Climate Change
The climate change mitigation potential of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage
Steef V. Hanssen, Vassilis Daioglou, Zoran J. N. Steinmann, Jonathan Doelman, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Mark A. J. Huijbregts

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