Bioenergy and Trade

Country report: Brazil – IEA Bioenergy Task 40 – Sustainable bioenergy trade; securing supply and demand

Worldwide, few countries as Brazil have an energy matrix with such an important share of renewable energy sources: in 2007, almost 46% of its primary energy supply was covered by renewables, being the share of ...

Aug 2009
Bioenergy – A sustainable and reliable energy source - A review of status and prospects – Executive summary

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 ...

Aug 2009
Market of biomass fuels in Finland

Finland has long-standing traditions in the utilisation of biomass in energy production, and bioenergy plays an important role in the Finnish energy system. The country is one of the world’s largest importers of raw wood; ...

Aug 2009
Country report 2009 for Norway - IEA Bioenergy task 40

This report is a part of the work of IEA Bioenergy Task 40 working group-“Sustainable International Bioenergy Trade: Securing Supply and Demand” and gives a picture of the situation regarding bioenergy in Norway for the ...

Aug 2009
Greenhouse gas reduction policies and agriculture: implications for production incentives and international trade disciplines

Climate change legislation is currently being discussed in the Congress of the United States of America (USA). The extent to which agriculture will be included in the provisions is still under debate. Farm groups, concerned ...

Aug 2009
Biofuels certification and the law of the World Trade Organization

This report assesses under what circumstances a biofuels-certification programme might be WTOcompatible.Part I describes biofuels policies. They provide a starting point for any analysis of the trade legitimacy of a biofuels programme. Part 2 introduces ...

Aug 2009
Induced market disturbances related to biofuels

The current market introduction of biofuels coincides with significant price increases on other commodity markets. However it is not clear to what extend biofuels really cause an increased demand for raw materials and thus an ...

Jul 2009
Global trends in sustainable energy investment 2009

The drivers that have propelled investment in the sustainable energy sector so dramatically for the past five years are still at work – climate change, energy insecurity, fossil fuel depletion, new technologies etc. There is ...

Jun 2009
US trade policies on biofuels and sustainable development

In recent months, many developments have led to questions about US energy policies, in particular those concerning biofuels. Globally, some commodity price reductions appear to be likely, but global food prices remain high, economic slowdowns ...

Jun 2009
Biofuels subsidies and the law of the WTO

In recent years, biofuels have been eagerly embraced by governments as a home-grown solution to a range of complex policy challenges, including climate change, dependence on foreign energy, and rural development. Biofuels have also been ...

Jun 2009
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