Environmentalists say replacing natural forests with wood plantations to realise shift in construction practices is ‘bonkers’
Study is first to analyse scale of emissions cuts possible from large-scale transition to ‘timber cities’.Study is first to analyse scale of emissions cuts possible from large-scale transition to ‘timber cities’.Last modified on Tue 30 Aug 2022 18.17 BST
Abhijeet Mishra, the paper’s lead author, said: “More than half the world’s population currently lives in cities and by 2100 the number will increase significantly. This means more homes will be built with steel and concrete, most of which have a serious carbon footprint. But we have an alternative. We can house the new urban population in mid-rise buildings – that is four to 12 storeys – made out of wood.
Using four different land-use scenarios, PIK scientists used the Magpie open source global land use model to explore the impacts and practicalities of the “timber cities” idea.
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