With NGOs from all over the world, we wrote to the political leadership of the EU Commission to urge them to phase out wood burning incentives in EU legislation.

This is a once-in-a-decade opportunity to correct the single largest anomaly in EU energy & climate policy that has subsidised for years the overgrowth of #biomass at the detriment of #forests, the #climate, public #health and the energy security of people still relying on wood to heat their homes.
https://www.fern.org/publications-insight/article/a-better-use-of-wood-and-public-funds/

From #Arctic heat to #megafires, #WMO report shows climate change completely reshaping #Europe

By Andrei Ionescu, 6/2/2026

"In the far north, climate change is not some distant warning anymore. It is already reshaping the landscape.

"Across Alaska and Canada, Arctic and boreal regions are warming up to four times faster than the global average.

"That puts a huge amount of pressure on #ecosystems that have long helped slow climate change by pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and storing it in #trees, #shrubs, and #soil.

When forests stop helping

"The trouble is, those ecosystems do not always stay helpful under stress.

"As wildfires grow more intense, drought becomes more common, and other disturbances spread, parts of the north may start giving #carbon back to the atmosphere instead of locking it away.

"Once that happens, the whole climate system becomes harder to stabilize.

"That is why scientists care so much about #biomass, the total amount of living plant material across these landscapes."

Read more:
https://www.earth.com/news/arctic-forests-could-be-hiding-a-major-climate-surprise/

#BorealForests #ArcticForests #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #WarmingOceans #Heatwaves
#ArcticEcosystems #OceansAreLife

Wildfire dark brown carbon has strong global warming effects

Conventional understanding has held that brown #carbon—a type of organic #aerosol from #biomass burning—mainly absorbs sunlight in the near-ultraviolet range, giving it only a limited #climate impact. However, growing observations show that some #wildfire-derived #BrownCarbon appears dark brown or nearly black, absorbing light well into the visible spectrum. This "dark brown carbon" has been largely missing from global climate assessments.

The results show that wildfire-derived brown carbon has a global direct radiative effect of +0.097 W/m², with an uncertainty range of +0.050 to +0.276 W/m². Notably, the upper bound of this estimate (0.276 W/m²) exceeds the radiative contribution of black carbon (0.163 W/m²).

https://phys.org/news/2026-05-wildfire-dark-brown-carbon-strong.html

#ClimateScience

Nice paper in #Nature by #MattiaBessone and colleagues on the patterns and consequences of #WildMeat #consumption in #CentralAfrica

#OpenAccess

"Using data from over 12,000 #households from 252 locations in Central Africa, it is clear that wild meat is a fundamental component of the #diets of #rural populations, accounting for 20% of the recommended daily #protein intake, compared with 13% and 6% for those living in towns and cities. The total annual #biomass of wild meat consumed in Central Africa increased from 0.73 million to 1.10 million tonnes between 2000 and 2022, with increasing demand from towns and cities. To ensure that wild meat is available to rural communities, in accordance with the #SustainableDevelopmentGoals and the #KunmingMontrealGlobalBiodiversityFramework, reducing wild meat consumption in urban metropolises is key."

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10422-w

🌍 Day 3 of #eMRS2026 starts with INAM presenting for PeCATHS:

🍃 “Preliminary Sustainability Assessment of Green Production via Integrated LOHC Storage and Biomass Oxidation”

🎤 Presented by Rosario Vidal.

💡 A valuable contribution to the discussion on sustainable energy systems, hydrogen storage, and biomass utilization.

#eMRS #GreenHydrogen #Sustainability #LOHC #Biomass

Burning biomass for energy is causing air pollution, health problems, & deforestation. Burning releases carbon & contributes immediately to warming: a carbon debt that may be repaid over decades, or never. No simple solution here! 🔥
https://www.mekongeye.com/2026/05/11/biomass-air-pollution

#MekongEye #biomass #carbon #RenewableEnergy #pollution #Thailand