Bioenergy and Climate Change
| The clean development mechanism (CDM) an international perspective and implications for the LAC region This paper addresses an analysis of international CDM experiences and its potential contribution to the LAC region.The Paper begins with a section describing the CDM and the rules governing its use. This is followed by ... |
Aug 2004 |
| Evaluating greenhouse gases balances and mitigation costs of bioenergy system- A review of methodologies This report gives a review of methods and approaches for assessment of greenhouse gas mitigation and cost-effectiveness in biomass-based energy systems, identifying methodological strengths and weaknesses. Beneficial methodological approaches should be accurate, transparent and efficient ... |
Jun 2004 |
| Biofuel for transport While biofuels production costs are fairly easy to measure, the benefits are difficult to quantify. But this does not necessarily mean that the benefits are not substantial. Increasing the use of biofuels can improve energy ... |
Apr 2004 |
| The Greenhouse Gas Protocol - A corporate accounting and reporting standard The Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative is a multi-stakeholder partnership of businesses, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), governments, and others convened by the World Resources Institute (WRI), a U.S.-based environmental NGO, and the World Business Council for Sustainable ... |
Mar 2004 |
| Methodology for baseline and additionality analysis for multiple project categories - Guideline document These guidelines have been prepared for project developers seeking to develop CDM or JI projects in the industry, energy, and possibly other sectors, where projects aiming at reducing GHG emissions can take place. The guidelines ... |
Jan 2004 |
| Fuel-cycle energy and emission impacts of ethanol-diesel blends in urban buses and farming tractors Numerous studies have been conducted to evaluate the fuel-cycle energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission effects of ethanol-gasoline blends relative to those of gasoline for applications in spark- ignition engine vehicles. Those studies did not ... |
Jul 2003 |
| Energy and biodiversity: understanding complex relationships, OECD Workshop on Biomass and Agriculture People concerned about energy issues seldom give adequate attention to biodiversity, and those concerned with biodiversity give inadequate consideration to the implications of energy policy for their issues. However, virtually all of the factors leading ... |
Jun 2003 |
| Carbon emission and mitigation cost comparisons between fossil fuel, nuclear and renewable energy resources for electricity generation This study was conducted to compare the electricity generation costs of a number of current commercial technologies with technologies expected to become commercially available within the coming decade or so. The amount of greenhouse gas ... |
Apr 2003 |
| A guide to emissions trading Since its inclusion in the Kyoto Protocol—as one of three market-based mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions—the prospect of an international emissions trading system has attracted wide interest among policy makers, industrialists and others.In ... |
Feb 2003 |
| Comparison of biodiesel with different diesel fuels regarding exhaust gas emissions and health effects Two years ago, results of a study carried out at Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden, were intensively discussed in the public. In this study the authors – belonging to the group of Olsson – claimed that ... |
Jan 2003 |
