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Cork Oak Landscapes, Their Products and Climate Change Policies

Substitution Effects in Cork Products

Paulo Canaveira, Sara Manso, Tatiana Valada

Terraprima, Serviços Ambientais

Cork and Cork Oak Landscapes

Climate Change Policies

Mitigation

Addressing the Emissions

Reducing emissions

Increasing Sequestration

Role of Forest Products

Adaptation

Addressing the Consequences

Reducing risk

Increasing Resistance

Improving Resilience

The Substitution Effect

• Energy Substitution: compare two alternative energy carriers

• Material Substitution: compare two alternative raw materials

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CO2 CO2

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CO2 CO2

Material Substitution in Cork Products – Wine Stoppers

Claculation based on data by PWC (2008)

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EPSfloamslab Rockwool Polyurethanerigidfoam

Corkslab Cellulosefibr e WoodWool

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Vinyl Cork

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Cork vs Alternatives Insulation material

Cork vs Alternatives Flooring

Material Substitution in Cork Products – Other Products

Paulo Canaveira Paulo.Canaveira@terraprima.pt

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• Existing studies suggest that Cork Products can Contribute to Mitigation of Climate Change by providing an effective alternative material with lower emissions than its most common alternatives

• Availability of data on each cork product’s annual production makes the the overall benefit to mitigation from substitution very difficult to quantify

• The diversity of cork applications is growing over time, and further research is needed to quantify and extend these conclusions for other cork products