Extended Data Fig. 3: CO2-eq. emissions from the wood cycle and changing balance due to wood transition, energy balance, CO2 storage in harvested wood products, and plantation forest needs according to different hybrid wood transition pathways.
From: Global wood harvest is sufficient for climate-friendly transitions to timber cities
a Annual wood cycle CO2-eq. emissions, b Annual emissions from building construction and additional fuel use due to wood transition, c Total annual CO2-eq. emissions in the wood transition, d Annual energy supply and demand of wood cycle, e Annual CO2 storage in harvested wood products, f Plantation forest area needs. The heights of the bars for each variable represent the mean values calculated based on the wood transition scenarios where new buildings have 30 m2 per capita average floor area. The red error bars represent the minimum and maximum of the net/total mean values (for 30 m2 per capita floor area, red dot) in each bar, and are calculated based on the projected minimum (for 9.20 m2 per capita floor area) and maximum (for 79.10 m2 per capita floor area) engineered structural timber demand. Abbreviations: CO2-eq., carbon dioxide equivalents; Gt, gigatonnes; EJ, exajoules; Mha, million hectares.
