Integrating the palm oil industry into China's Dual Carbon goals: governance and technological pathways

Shuya Yang; Yinghao Ma; Shuaiqi Hao; Eranga M. Wimalasiri; Zhuang Yang; Zhihua Mu; Shuya Yang; Yinghao Ma; Shuaiqi Hao; Eranga M. Wimalasiri; Zhuang Yang; Zhihua Mu

doi:10.48130/aee-0026-0011

Figure 1.

Innovations in the governance of low-carbon technologies to build a sustainable oil palm Industry. The Yin–Yang metaphor is used to illustrate the dynamic balance between decarbonization opportunities and the environmental trade-offs associated with palm oil's development.

Figure 2.

Pathways for the valorization of palm biomass waste in a circular bioeconomy.

Figure 3.

Carbon sequestration potential and oil yield of oil palm versus other crops and ecosystems. (a) Comparison of carbon sequestration capacities among different crops and ecosystems; the value of oil palm shown represents an approximate annual range under specific land use and management conditions rather than a universal value across all plantation systems. (b) Comparison of oil yield among different oil crops, where the size of the squares corresponds to actual oil yield capacity.