BECCS is an integral part of all widely accepted pathways to keeping global temperature rise to 1.5℃ . This requires large areas of land, which can be in conflict with the need to produce food and protect biodiversity . One study examined the combined impacts of climate change and LULCC for bioenergy, and found that severe impacts on species were likely if bioenergy was a major component of strategies for climate change mitigation . A study on the potential impacts of bioenergy production and climate change on European birds found that one scenario for land conversion for bioenergy to meet a 2℃ target would have less impact on species range loss than a global temperature increase of 4℃, but noted that if bioenergy were the only mitigation option it would 'very likely result in the negative effects of bioenergy outweighing the positive effects' . To avoid the worst impacts of BECCS, it will need to be carefully targeted according to context and local conditions, and other mitigation strategies prioritised so that its use can be minimised .
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