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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 de Blas Sanz, Ignacio
K1 IAM models
K1 WILIAM-TERRA
K1 Land-use changes
K1 Diets
K1 Biofuels
K1 Forests
K1 Climate change impacts
K1 Desarrollo sostenible
K1 Sustainable development
K1 Política ambiental
K1 Environmental policy
K1 Economía ambiental
K1 Environmental economics
AB Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) are computational tools used to explore energy futures and sustainable transitions. This paper presents the WILIAM-TERRA model, a novel platform for analyzing the interactions between land, food, energy and the environment. WILIAM-TERRA is integrated in the Within Limits Integrated Assessment Model (WILIAM), a new open-source model that has been designed to address several limitations of existing IAMs.WILIAM-TERRA explores the energy transitions, both from the point of view of the sinks (climate change) and from the point of view of the resources (biofuels, forests and solar electricity). Additionally, is focuses on the ecological transition of the food system including dietary changes, sustainable agriculture and regional food exchanges. 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 wood extraction in forests integrity and of the carbon capture in grasslands have been presented. These results represent only a small sample of what can be analysed with WILIAM-TERRA and should be further explored in the future.
PB Elsevier
SN 1364-0321
YR 2025
FD 2025-04
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11253
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11253
LA eng
NO This work has also been partially developed under the LOCOMOTION project, (grant agreement no. 821105), RethinkAction project (grant agreement No 101037104), NEVERMORE project (grant agreement No 101056858) and IAM COMPACT project (gran Agreement no. 101056306) all of under the EU Commision research and innovation programme.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 23-abr-2026