Work package one will bring together the expertise from across the project to lead the overall integration, assessment and synthesis. An expert stakeholder group of industry, policymakers, non-governmental organisations and some academics will participate through three workshops to guide our research and ensure our findings reflect the latest thinking in industry, government and civil society.
Work package two will use detailed crop models to explore the impacts and trade-offs on the carbon balance of large-scale biomass use.
Work package three will conduct attributional and consequential life cycle analyses to more fully account for effects on the net carbon balance and other greenhouse gas fluxes than in previous studies.
Work package four will undertake research using models of land use, carbon and the Earth system to explore the environmental implications and trade-offs of large-scale BECCS.
Work package five will use a model of UK land-use, policy and ecosystem services to make the first assessment of the effects and economic trade-offs inherent in our chosen scenarios at UK scale.
Work package six will lead research into the social and governance-related uncertainties, implications and bottlenecks associated with the real world implementation of afforestation and BECCS at large scales.
