“People are going to burn millions of tons of wood this winter, and there’s nothing we can do about it.” Via WIREDUK
in the 21st century. This shift will need to ramp up even further if the EU is to hit its target of net-zero emissions by 2050.60 percent
A big part of the problem is the Renewable Energy Directive —a piece of European legislation that classifies some wood products as a renewable fuel and funnels subsidies toward burning them. But revisions to the RED are currently being negotiated. Changes to the legislation could bring these incentives to an end.
This might be about to change. The RED is currently being revised in a series of long negotiations between the three different parts of the EU: the Parliament, Commission, and Council. In September, the European Parliamentfor unprocessed wood directly sourced from forests, although a long list of exceptions includes trees cut down due to disease, natural disaster, or fire prevention.
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