Bioenergy and Food Security
| “Energy-smart” food for people and climate The global community is becoming increasingly concerned about the high dependence of the global food sector on fossil fuels. This anxiety is compounded by FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) projections... |
Nov 2011 |
| Price volatility in food and agricultural markets: policy responses Under the Food Security pillar of the Seoul Multi-year Action Plan on Development, the G20 “request that FAO, IFAD, IMF, OECD, UNCTAD, WFP, the World Bank and the WTO work with key stakeholders to develop options for G20... |
Jun 2011 |
| The Energy Report – 100% renewable energy by 2050 WWF has a vision of a world that is powered by 100 per cent renewable energy sources by the middle of this century. Unless we make this transition, the world is most likely to avoid predicted escalating impacts of climate... |
Feb 2011 |
| Biofuels production, trade and sustainable development This document presents case studies from Pakistan, Costa Rica, South Africa and Ecuador that give a low- and middle-income country perspective on the potential for biofuel development. The focus is on the transport sector as this... |
Nov 2010 |
| Algal biorefinery-based industry: an approach to address fuel and food insecurity for a carbon-smart world Food and fuel production are intricately interconnected. In a carbon-smart society, it is imperative to produce both food and fuel sustainably. Integration of the emerging biorefinery concept with other industries can bring many... |
2010 |
| Africa: up for grabs - The scale and impact of land grabbing for agrofuels The African continent is increasingly being seen as a source of agricultural land and natural resources for the rest of the world.National governments and private companies are obtaining access to land across the continent to... |
Aug 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 |
| Second-generation biofuels - Economics and policies Recent increases in production of crop-based (or first-generation) biofuels have engendered increasing concerns over potential conflicts with food supplies and land protection, as well as disputes over greenhouse gas reductions.... |
Aug 2010 |
| Algae-based biofuels: applications and co-products The possible competition for land makes it impossible to produce enough first generation biofuel to offset a large percentage of the total fuel consumption for transportation. As opposed to land-based biofuels produced from... |
Jul 2010 |
| Placing the 2006/08 commodity price boom into perspective The 2006-08 commodity boom was one of the longest and broadest of the post-WWII period. The boom - and especially the 2008 rally, when crude oil prices peaked at US$ 133/barrel (up 94 percent from a year earlier) and rice prices... |
Jul 2010 |
