Bioenergy and Trade
| Biomass, hot issue - Smart choices in difficult times The use of biobased raw materials for energy and material has been brought into discredit in the past years. The use of bioenergy is repeatedly held responsible for the recent food crisis and for the deforestation of rainforest,... |
Jul 2008 |
| What’s driving food prices? Written by Purdue University economists Wallace Tyner, Christopher Hurt and Philip Abbott, the study, What’s Driving Food Prices?, identifies three broad sets of forces driving food price increases.The first major section is an... |
Jul 2008 |
| The value of carbon in China - Carbon finance and China’s sustainable energy transition Renewable energy has achieved in China spectacular growth in recent years, making significant progress toward achieving policy targets for 2010, which were published last year. However, given the dramatic increases of total... |
Jul 2008 |
| Global trends in sustainable energy investment 2008 The 2008 edition of Global Trends shows that investment flows have not only continued to grow – more than 60% compared to 2006 – they have broadened and diversified, giving the sustainable energy sector greater breadth, depth and... |
2008 |
| Another inconvenient truth - How biofuel policies are deepening poverty and accelerating climate change The proponents of biofuels argue that they have the solution, or at least a part of it. Ethanol and biodiesel will allow us to continue our love affair with the internal combustion engine, while simultaneously reducing our... |
Jun 2008 |
| Annual Energy Outlook 2008 with projections to 2030 The Annual Energy Outlook 2008 (AEO2008), prepared by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), presents long-term projections of energy supply, demand, and prices through 2030. The projections are based on results from EIA’s... |
Jun 2008 |
| Biofuel impacts on climate change, the environment and food - Report to the Renewable Fuels Agency The belief that biofuels can mitigate climate change has driven governments around the world to promote the production of ethanol and biodiesel through policies that guarantee markets and offer incentives to producers and... |
May 2008 |
| Fuelling exclusion? The biofuels boom and poor people’s access to land This study aims to open up discussion of the way in which biofuels are likely to impact on access to land. Many observers and activists have raised concerns that the spread of biofuels may result in loss of land access for poorer... |
May 2008 |
| Mozambique biofuels assessment This study provides a comprehensive assessment of the potential for biofuels production in Mozambique and assesses the potential competitiveness of biofuels production in comparison to the cost of imported petroleum-based... |
May 2008 |
| Biofuels and sustainable development Guiding biofuel development to realize its multiple potential benefits while guarding against its multiple risks requires the application of a similarly diverse set of tailored policy interventions, together with integrated... |
2008 |
