Bioenergy and Climate Change

UK support for biofuels is based on the premise that biofuels deliver considerable net reductions in GHG emissions compared to fossil fuels. As a secondary benefit, it was hoped a growing biofuels market would create economic...

The proponents of biofuels argue that they have the solution, or at least a part of it. Ethanol and biodiesel will allow us to continue our love affair with the internal combustion engine, while simultaneously reducing our...

The balance of scientific evidence points clearly to the need for all countries to plan credible emissions reduction policies now, if mankind is to avoid substantial risks to future generations. The impact of global warming is...

As the United States seeks to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles and to lessen its dependence on imported oil, biofuels are gaining increasing attention as one possible solution. This paper offers an...

This report is an assessment of the effects of climate change on U.S. land resources, water resources, agriculture, and biodiversity.This assessment is based on extensive review of the relevant scientific literature and...

One of the core functions of The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is to collect and disseminate information related to the subject areas covered by the organization, among them natural resources, land...

The fundamental approach of the Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) biofuel paper is that the N content of a crop or crop part determines the amount of N2O emissions ascribable to its production, and the paper compares the...

This document is based on a study carried out for FAO by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED, London) in collaboration with the Natural Resources Institute (University of Greenwich).Despite the wide...

This report discusses the role of the voluntary carbon market and provides an overview of the most important currently available carbon offset standards.Carbon offset markets exist both under compliance schemes and as voluntary...

Increased demand for biofuels is expected to produce changes in the present land-use configuration. Furthermore there is a growing concern about the effect of land-use change on biodiversity, food supply, soil and water...