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<p>Harvested wood products (HWP) can play an important role in climate-smart bioeconomic transformation. They contribute to climate change mitigation through two main mechanisms: carbon storage and substitution. Norway has ambitions to strengthen the contribution of its forest sector in climate change mitigation. Ideally, the future production and use of HWPs would increasingly shift towards products with high carbon storage and substitution benefits. We collected data from the literature and, when necessary, supplemented it with our own calculations, on carbon storage and substitution factors of HWPs that seemed relevant in evaluating the climate change mitigation potential in the context of the Norwegian forest sector. There are many uncertainties in the parameters. We identified and examined in more detail some uses of wood for industrial products that offer clear substitution benefits and, in some cases, long-term carbon storage. Wood-based construction materials, textile fibres, and insulation materials are examples of such products that could have high potential in the bioeconomy transformation in Norway.</p>
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Harvested wood products (HWP) can play an important role in climate-smart bioeconomic transformation. They contribute to climate change mitigation through two main mechanisms: carbon storage and substitution. Norway has ambitions to strengthen the contribution of its forest sector in climate change mitigation. Ideally, the future production and use of HWPs would increasingly shift towards products with high carbon storage and substitution benefits. We collected data from the literature and, when necessary, supplemented it with our own calculations, on carbon storage and substitution factors of HWPs that seemed relevant in evaluating the climate change mitigation potential in the context of the Norwegian forest sector. There are many uncertainties in the parameters. We identified and examined in more detail some uses of wood for industrial products that offer clear substitution benefits and, in some cases, long-term carbon storage. Wood-based construction materials, textile fibres, and insulation materials are examples of such products that could have high potential in the bioeconomy transformation in Norway.

On Carbon Substitution and Storage Factors for Harvested Wood Products in the Context of Climate Change Mitigation in the Norwegian Forest Sector

Environmental and Climate Technologies

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Harvested wood products (HWP) can play an important role in climate-smart bioeconomic transformation. They contribute to climate change mitigation through two...

On Carbon Substitution and Storage Factors for Harvested Wood Products in the Context of Climate Change Mitigation in the Norwegian Forest Sector

Published Online: Jun 25, 2023

Page range: 254 - 270

Received: Mar 21, 2023

Accepted: Jun 14, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2023-0020

Keywords
Carbon displacement factor, forest industry, forest products, mean lifetime, wood-based insulation materials, wood-based textiles

© 2023 A. Maarit I. Kallio et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

On Carbon Substitution and Storage Factors for Harvested Wood Products in the Context of Climate Change Mitigation in the Norwegian Forest Sector

Published Online: Jun 25, 2023

Page range: 254 - 270

Received: Mar 21, 2023

Accepted: Jun 14, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2023-0020

KeywordsCarbon displacement factor, forest industry, forest products, mean lifetime, wood-based insulation materials, wood-based textiles

© 2023 A. Maarit I. Kallio et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Carbon displacement factor, forest industry, forest products, mean lifetime, wood-based insulation materials, wood-based textiles