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T1 Analysis of the competition between land, energy and food using the TERRA module of WILIAM System Dynamics IAM
A1 Mediavilla Pascual, Margarita
A1 Lifi -, Mohamed
A1 Ferreras Alonso, Noelia
A1 Miguel González, Luis Javier
A1 Blas Sanz, Ignacio De
K1 IAM models
K1 WILIAM-TERRA
K1 WILIAM
K1 Land-use changes
K1 Diets
K1 Biofuels
K1 Forests
K1 Climate change impacts
K1 3308 Ingeniería y Tecnología del Medio Ambiente
AB Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) are computational tools used to explore energy futures and sustainabletransitions. This paper presents the WILIAM-TERRA model, a novel platform for analyzing the interactions be-tween land, food, energy and the environment. WILIAM-TERRA is integrated in the Within Limits IntegratedAssessment Model (WILIAM), a new open-source model that has been designed to address several limitations ofexisting IAMs.WILIAM-TERRA explores the energy transitions, both from the point of view of the sinks (climate change) andfrom the point of view of the resources (biofuels, forests and solar electricity). Additionally, is focuses on theecological transition of the food system including dietary changes, sustainable agriculture and regional foodexchanges. These features provide a broader scope than the traditional emissions-based approach of most IAMs,enabling a more systemic analysis.Some results of the interaction of diet policies with forest and cropland expansion, of the effect of woodextraction in forests integrity and of the carbon capture in grasslands have been presented. These resultsrepresent only a small sample of what can be analysed with WILIAM-TERRA and should be further explored inthe future.
PB Elsevier
SN 1364-0321
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/76300
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/76300
LA eng
NO Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2025, vol. 216, p. 115651
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 05-ago-2025