About the Authors

Gerard Cornelissen

gco@ngi.no (GC); schmidt@ithaka-institut.org (HPS)

Affiliations Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Oslo, Norway, Institute for Environmental Sciences (IMV), University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Ås, Norway

Naba Raj Pandit

Affiliations Institute for Environmental Sciences (IMV), University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Ås, Norway, Nepal Agroforestry Foundation (NAF), Kathmandu, Nepal

Paul Taylor

Affiliation Ithaka Institute for Carbon Strategies, Ancienne Eglise 9, Arbaz, Switzerland

Bishnu Hari Pandit

Affiliation Nepal Agroforestry Foundation (NAF), Kathmandu, Nepal

Magnus Sparrevik

Affiliation Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management, Norwegian University of Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Hans Peter Schmidt

gco@ngi.no (GC); schmidt@ithaka-institut.org (HPS)

Affiliation Ithaka Institute for Carbon Strategies, Ancienne Eglise 9, Arbaz, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GC MS HPS. Performed the experiments: GC HPS NRP BHP. Analyzed the data: GC HPS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS. Wrote the paper: GC MS HPS. Designed the kilns: HPS PT.