Impact of Land-Use Changes on Climate Change Mitigation Goals: The Case of Lithuania by Renata Dagiliūtė, Vaiva Kazanavičiūtė

“…Lithuania has set the goal of becoming a carbon-neutral country in 2050, reducing GHGs by 80% compared to 1990 and offsetting the remaining 20% through the LULUCF sector. …”
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Import options for chemical energy carriers from renewable sources to Germany by Johannes Hampp, Michael Düren, Tom Brown

“…If energy systems are to become climate neutral and sustainable, fossil carriers need to be substituted with carbon neutral alternatives or electrified if possible. …”
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Estimation of Forest Aboveground Biomass in Karst Areas Using Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data and the K-DBN Algorithm by Chunhua Qian, Hequn Qiang, Feng Wang, Mingyang Li

“…Accurate estimation of forest biomass is the basis for monitoring forest productivity and carbon sink function, which is of great significance for the formulation of forest carbon neutralization strategy and forest quality improvement measures. …”
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Big-Data-Based Text Mining and Social Network Analysis of Landscape Response to Future Environmental Change by Chulmin Choi, Jooho Lee, Jessica Machado, Gunwoo Kim

“…For “climate change”, “response” showed the highest frequency, and the connection strength between “carbon-neutral”, “UN-convention”, and “plan-establishment” was high. …”
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Optimisation of Integrated Systems: The Potential of Power and Residential Heat Sectors Coupling in Decarbonisation Strategies by Julien Garcia Arenas, Patrick Hendrick, Pierre Henneaux

“…The tool was then applied to a case study for a carbon-neutral energy supply in the Brussels-Capital Region in 2050, and conclusions were drawn on the potential of sector coupling to determine the optimal supply system configuration. …”
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Thermochemical Technologies for the Optimization of Olive Wood Biomass Energy Exploitation: A Review by Giuseppe Maggiotto, Gianpiero Colangelo, Marco Milanese, Arturo de Risi

“…The use of biomass can be a strategic way to realize a carbon-neutral energy plan, ensuring a fuel feedstock. …”
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Forest landscape restoration in Ethiopia: Progress and challenges by Habtemariam Kassa, Abrham Abiyu, Niguse Hagazi, Mulugeta Mokria, Tibebu Kassawmar, Vincent Gitz

“…The government of Ethiopia has made an ambitious plan of building a carbon-neutral and middle-income economy by 2030. In 2016, the country pledged to restore 15 million hectares of degraded landscapes as part of the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR 100). …”
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Improving the Near-Surface Wind Forecast around the Turpan Basin of the Northwest China by Using the WRF_TopoWind Model by Hui Ma, Xiaolei Ma, Shengwei Mei, Fei Wang, Yanwei Jing

“…To achieve the goal of carbon neutralization, there is an urgent need to make full use of wind energy in Northwest China and to improve the efficiency of wind power generation systems in this region. …”
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Perspectives for Using CO₂ as a Feedstock for Biomanufacturing of Fuels and Chemicals by Elif Kurt, Jiansong Qin, Alexandria Williams, Youbo Zhao, Dongming Xie

“…This review paper posits the perspectives of using CO₂ from the atmosphere, industrial wastes, or the exhausted gases generated in microbial fermentation as a feedstock for biomanufacturing. Achieving the carbon-neutral or -negative goals is addressed under two main strategies. …”
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Current Status and Development Direction of Low-Carbon Exploitation Technology for Heavy Oil by Haifeng Li, Qiang Wang, Yongbin Wu

“…With the strategic goal of “carbon peaking and carbon neutral” in China, new requirements are also put forward for the thermal recovery of heavy oil. …”
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Cities as carbon sinks—classification of wooden buildings by Ali Amiri, Juudit Ottelin, Jaana Sorvari, Seppo Junnila

“…It is recommended that policymakers aiming for carbon-neutral construction focus on the number of wooden elements in buildings rather than more general indicators, such as the amount of wood construction, or even detailed indirect indicators, such as building type, wood type or building size. …”
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Economic assessment of clean hydrogen production from fossil fuels in the intermountain-west region, USA by Fangxuan Chen, Bailian Chen, Zhiwei Ma, Mohamed Mehana

“…The transition from fossil fuels to carbon-neutral energy sources is necessary to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and combat climate change. …”
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Spatiotemporal characteristics and influencing factors of carbon emissions from civil buildings: Evidence from urban China by Jing Wang, Guangjie Du, Mohan Liu

“…With the continuous development of the urban economy and the improvement of people’s living standards, this part of carbon emission puts tremendous pressure on China to achieve the goal of carbon peaking and carbon neutral. In the context of rapid urbanization, studying the spatiotemporal characteristics and influencing factors of the carbon emissions from civil buildings have strong practical significance for China to achieve the "dual carbon" goal. …”
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Bidding strategies for excess heat producers participating in a local wholesale heat market by Borna Doračić, Matija Pavičević, Tomislav Pukšec, Neven Duić

“…The heating sector of the European Union covers 80% of the household’s final energy consumption, which shows its relevance for the energy transition to the carbon neutral society, as set out in the Green Deal. …”
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Comparison of factors influencing landslide risk near a forest road in Chungju-si, South Korea by Seong-Woo Moon, Jeongdu Noh, Hyeong-Sin Kim, Seong-Seung Kang, Yong-Seok Seo

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Experimental characterization of ammonia, methane, and gasoline fuel mixtures in small scale spark ignited engines by Kaushik Nonavinakere Vinod, Matt Gore, Hanzhang Liu, Tiegang Fang

“…Furthermore, this study lays the groundwork for using fuels blends with methane sourced using carbon neutral technologies and ammonia to power engine based systems.…”
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Drivers of environmental conservation agriculture and women farmer empowerment in Namobuddha municipality, Nepal by Keshav Lall Maharjan, Manjeshwori Singh, Clarisse Mendoza Gonzalvo

“…In 2045, Nepal aims to be carbon neutral by reducing its net emissions in various sectors, most especially in agriculture. …”
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Optimization of Natural Circulation District Heating Reactor Primary Heat Exchangers by Jussi Saari, Heikki Suikkanen, Clara Mendoza-Martinez, Juhani Hyvärinen

“…Small modular reactors (SMRs) are gaining interest as a potential solution for cost-effective, carbon-neutral district heat (DH) production. The low pressures and temperatures permit much lighter and cheaper designs than in power plants, and efficiency is high as all heat generated can be sold to customers. …”
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Why we must move beyond LCOE for renewable energy design by Eric Loth, Chris Qin, Juliet G. Simpson, Katherine Dykes

“…However, more work is needed to develop generation devaluation models for projected grids and markets and to better classify grid characteristics as we head to a carbon-neutral energy future.…”
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Composition of Flue Gases during Oxy-Combustion of Energy Crops in a Circulating Fluidized Bed by Monika Kosowska-Golachowska, Adam Luckos, Tomasz Czakiert

“…The utilization of biomass as an alternative, carbon-neutral fuel can reduce emissions of CO₂ and other greenhouse gases. …”
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