Current biomass policy frameworks are not fit for purpose and require substantial changes to ensure they contribute to mitigating climate change rather than exacerbating it.
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank Nora Greenglass for writing the original drafts of Chapter 2, James Hewitt and Tina Marie Marchand for extensive input to this paper, and all those who participated in a workshop at Chatham House in 2015 and provided comments on successive drafts. Rob Bailey, Gemma Green and Jens Hein at Chatham House have provided long-suffering and much-appreciated support and assistance. Responsibility for all errors of course remains with me.
Funding for this project is gratefully acknowledged from the Packard Foundation, the European Climate Foundation, the JMG Foundation and the Merck Family Fund.