Bioenergy and Climate Change
| 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 ... |
Nov 2010 |
| Impacts of liquid biofuels on ecosystem services and biodiversity Ecosystem services are the benefits people obtain from ecosystems. Biofuels can provide a number of ecosystem services (e.g. fuel, climate regulation) but also compromise other ecosystem services (e.g. food, freshwater services) and biodiversity which are ... |
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 ... |
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, climatic requirements, energy ... |
Oct 2010 |
| The “iLUC Factor” as a means to hedge risks of GHG emissions from indirect land use change The use of biomass for energy production is rising globally in parallel to increasing oil prices, and concerns about energy security, and climate change. Many countries recognize biomass as a domestic energy resource, and some ... |
Sep 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 ... |
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 ... |
Aug 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 production could increase ... |
Aug 2010 |
