Bioenergy and Climate Change

Thus far life-cycle analysis (LCA) of biofuels has acknowledged but generally excluded their indirect effects on land-use change (ILUC), because of evident difficulties in their estimation and attribution.However, consequences...

Under the RTFO and EC-proposal, obligated parties can use conservative default values as well as real values for the GHG-performance. Defaults are set conservative to stimulate parties to report actual data on their...

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 highlights that it can not be concluded based on the Impact Assessments underlying the 10% target that a 10% biofuel target will not cause significant negative consequences resulting from land use change.Furthermore...

This report summarises the information collected and submitted by North Energy Associates Ltd (North Energy) to AEA Technology plc (AEAT) in support of the review of the indirect effects of biofuels. This work was undertaken in...

This document provides a brief summary of the methodology used to develop the following material which forms part of the main Gallagher Review report:Graphs illustrating the range of GHG savings which can be achieved by different...

People in developing countries like Uganda, whose contribution to global warming has been miniscule, are feeling the impacts of climate change first and worst.Climatic changes are happening in Uganda. On the one hand there is...

Aim of this project part is providing an indication of the effects utilization of by-products from biofuels production can have on global land use and on land use changes. Potential influences on land use changes may also...

Climate change will profoundly affect agriculture and food security worldwide and will particularly impact smallholder farmers in poor countries. Based on a short review of recent scientific literature, this document argues that...