Navigating synergies and tradeoffs towards future forest-based solutions

The Swedish forest sector faces demands for increased carbon storage in the forest and changed management methods that result in reduced production, as well as potentially new – and large – consumers of forest raw materials.

Which combinations of industrial processes and product portfolios, CO2 capture and storage, and forestry work best to guarantee sustainable wood supply and increased climate benefits? This question forms the basis for system analyses of the Swedish forest sector and Sweden’s climate transition, based on detailed models for new and existing industrial processes, CO2 storage and forestry.

Different strategies are developed in collaboration with stakeholders in the sector. This means that the relevance of the studied alternatives is ensured and that there are channels for communicating, discussing and implementing the project’s results.

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Göran Berndes

Chalmers University of Technology

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goran.berndes@chalmers.se

Project information

Participants

Chalmers
Linnaeus University
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Time schedule

December 2023 - December 2026

Total cost of project

8 134 085 SEK

Swedish Energy Agency project number

2023-01087