Published January 1, 2008
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Bioenergy to save the world - Producing novel energy plants for growth on abandoned land
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- 1. German Res Ctr Environm Hlth, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- 2. Phytotech Fdn, CH-3013 Bern, Switzerland
- 3. Agr Univ Plovdiv, Dept Plant Plant Genet, Plovdiv 4000, Bulgaria
- 4. Univ Hasselt, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
- 5. GAIA Environm Res & Educ Ctr, Soil Ecol & Biotechnol Lab, Kifisia, Greece
- 6. TUBITAK Res Inst Genet Engn & Biotechnol, Gebze, Turkey
- 7. Agr Univ Plovdiv, Dept Plant Physiol & Biochem, Plovdiv 4000, Bulgaria
- 8. CTU Konzepte Tech & Umwelt, CH-8400 Winterthur, Switzerland
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Background and Aim. Following to the 2006 climate summit, the European Union formally set the goal of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius. But even today, climate change is already affecting people and ecosystems. Examples are melting glaciers and polar ice, reports about thawing permafrost areas, dying coral reefs, rising sea levels, changing ecosystems and fatal heat periods. Within the last 150 years, CO2 levels rose from 280 ppm to currently over 400 ppm. If we continue on our present course, CO2 equivalent levels could approach 600 ppm by 2035. However, if CO2 levels are not stabilized at the 450-550 ppm level, the consequences could be quite severe. Hence, if we do not act now, the opportunity to stabilise at even 550 ppm is likely to slip away. Long-term stabilisation will require that CO2 emissions ultimately be reduced to more than 80% below current levels. This will require major changes in how we operate.
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