How UNFCCC carbon accounting has created a biomass delusion and is contributing to climate change and global inequity

This briefing exposes how UNFCCC carbon accounting rules create a false perception of biomass energy as carbon neutral — fueling deforestation, climate harm, and global inequity while diverting resources from real renewable energy solutions. Unlike fossil fuels, biomass combustion emissions are not recorded in the energy sector of the country that burns them, externalizing responsibility onto the nations that supply the wood.