Biodiversity refers to the variety of living species on Earth, including plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi. While Earth’s biodiversity is so rich that many species have yet to be discovered, many species are being threatened with extinction due to human activities,...
Bioenergy is renewable energy made available from materials derived from biological sources. The term refers to various forms of energy, including heat and electricity. The energy at Lessebo Paper is bioenergy, derived from wood chips, a form of biomass. The wood...
A source of fuel made from living and recently dead plant materials such as wood, leaves and biodegradable part of industrial and municipal waste. Biomass is considered to be a carbon neutral source of energy.
All EU countries plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, have a shared EU Emissions Trading System. Allowance-based systems work where greenhouse gas emissions are regulated and the number of carbon allowances each entity, region, or country is allowed to emit is...
Carbon dioxide, or CO2, is a colourless greenhouse gas (GHG) formed during the combustion of material containing carbon. The use of fossil fuels for energy is increasing the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which is believed to contribute to global...
Carbon dioxide equivalent abbreviated as CO2-eq is a metric measure used for estimating how much global warming a given type and amount of greenhouse gas may cause, using the functionally equivalent amount or concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) as the...
