Bioenergy and Sustainability

The supply of sustainable energy is one of the main challenges that mankind will face over the coming decades, particularly because of the need to address climate change.Biomass can make a substantial contribution to supplying...

GVEP International’s vision to reach millions of men, women and children in rural and peri urban areas by focusing on market mechanisms is a challenge in itself. Energy access for the poor has multi-dimensional facets and this...

Over recent years, as energy security and environmental concerns have risen, there has been a substantial interest in biofuels and their potential contribution to energy security, mitigation of GHGs in the transport sector and...

A forward-looking vision should focus on the instruments and preconditions that would make biofuels a win-win solution for the environment and for rural development, while contributing to expand the supply of sustainable...

The purpose of the World Bioenergy Association (WBA) is to promote the increasing utilisation of bioenergy globally in an efficient, sustainable, economic and environmentally friendly way. One prominent item in the WBA Action...

Global demand for climate-friendly transport fuels is driving vast commercial biofuels projects in developing countries. At the opposite end of the spectrum is small-scale bioenergy production. This offers a way for the poor to...

Bioenergy has become one of the most dynamic and rapidly changing sectors of the global energy economy. Accelerated growth in the production and use of bioenergy in the past few years is attracting interest from policy makers and...

This document consists of the report on the outcomes of the 2nd Joint International Workshop on Bioenergy, Biodiversity Mapping and Degraded Lands, prepared by Oeko-Institut and UNEP.The objectives of the workshop were to...

This report on deficits in the risk governance process is a continuation of the development of IRGC’s approach to risk governance. Central to this approach is the IRGC Risk Governance Framework, intended to help policymakers,...

Brazil is the tenth largest energy consumer in the world and the third largest in the Western Hemisphere, behind the United States and Canada. Over the past decade, Brazil has made great strides in increasing its total energy...