Author Jinke van Dam

Year of publication 2017

The overall objective of the publication is to provide data and information to allow for informed decision-making on the contribution sustainable charcoal production and consumption can make to climate change mitigation. About half the wood extracted worldwide from forests is used to produce energy and about 17 percent is converted to charcoal. Global charcoal production is expected to continue increasing in coming decades. The charcoal sector, which is largely informal, generates income for more than 40 million people, but a lack of regulation means that it promotes inefficiency and governments forgo billions of dollars in revenue.