Bioenergy and Climate Change
| Bioenergy’s potential for rural development and poverty alleviation Most of the world’s poor dwell in rural communities with limited or no access to modern energy services. It is widely acknowledged that the majority of people in developing countries depend on ‘traditional biomass’. The... |
Nov 2011 |
| Using a LCA approach to estimate the net GHG emissions of bioenergy Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a powerful tool that may be used to quantify the environmental impacts of products and services. It includes all processes, from cradle-to-grave, along the supply chain of the product. When... |
Oct 2011 |
| Indirect effects of biofuel production. Overview prepared for GBEP This report was prepared to provide input to discussion on the indirect effects of biofuel production and consumption in the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) Its aim is to provide an up-to-date insight into the science... |
May 2011 |
| What woodfuels can do to mitigate climate change Wood is society’s oldest source of energy. Its use for cooking and heating remains vital to the daily energy needs of over two billion people in developing countries. It is also a “new” energy source in the sense that modern and... |
Nov 2010 |
| A causal descriptive approach to modelling indirect land use change impacts of biofuels The Department commissioned E4Tech to study the Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) impacts of the five biofuels expected to form the main supply of biofuel in the UK in the next ten years: palm, soy and oilseed rape biodiesel and... |
Oct 2010 |
| Land use change: science and policy review Biofuels feedstocks are highly diverse in their input requirements, alternative uses and climatic requirements and are grown in many different contexts globally. LCAs of different biofuel crops reveal large differences in yields,... |
Oct 2010 |
| Biofuels: a new methodology to estimate GHG emissions from global land use change - A methodology involving spatial allocation of agricultural land demand and estimation of CO2 and N2O emissions This study implements a new methodology developed by the JRC IES and IE for estimating changes in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from soil and above- and below-ground biomass resulting from global land use changes caused by the... |
Sep 2010 |
| Climate change and food security in China – Executive summary The increasing demand for food and bio-fuel and the decrease in both crop yield and storage around the globe due to natural disasters, has caused global food prices to shoot up. Climate change may further deteriorate the... |
2010 |
| Indirect Land Use Change from increased biofuels demand - Comparison of models and results for marginal biofuels production from different feedstocks This study compares the ILUC results produced by different economic models for marginal increases in biofuel production from different feedstocks. The work is the result of a survey of marginal calculations launched by the JRC-IE... |
Aug 2010 |
| Modeling the global trade and environmental impacts of biofuel policies There is rising skepticism about the potential positive environmental impacts of first generation biofuels. Growing biofuel crops could induce diversion of other crops dedicated to food and feed needs. The relocation of... |
Aug 2010 |
