Land-Based Mitigation Technologies for Sweden
As part of the LANDMARC deliverable “D2.1: National Narratives” the Burkina Faso team has been refining the technology focus of the case study.
Sweden is a highly developed country whose 2/3 of the surface are covered by forest. It is an atypical case because, despite being a high-income country with high energy needs due to its latitude, its CO2 emissions are fairly low as a consequence of the very early implementation of climate change mitigation practices and a highly supportive policy framework. NETPs are not an exception and have been included in Sweden’s mitigation plans since long ago.
Afforestation: In a country with the forest coverage of Sweden, afforestation is almost given. However, there is still potential in carbon sequestration considering the maturity of their forests.
BECCS: The potential for BECCS in Sweden in the near term (2030) is on the order of 1.8 MtCO2 while the longer-term potential (2045) is estimated at 10 MtCO2. There would in principle not be need to import biomass as Sweden’s production is large enough.
Biochar: Although the potential in Sweden is relatively modest (about 1 MtCO2), the potential in some other countries is much higher, particularly in a number of countries where Swedish international cooperation is concentrated. For this reason, the domestic efforts at biochar have an international dimension that raises its significance. It is also interesting as a way of stabilising the soil.
