Global Initiatives

Key messages from the expert meeting on bioenergy policy, markets and trade and food security and global perspectives on fuel and food security

This paper contains the 12 key messages/points for action, ranked in declining order of priority, proposed to Ministers for urgent consideration in their policy development and action by the expert meeting on bioenergy policy, markets ...

Feb 2008
White paper on internationally compatible biofuel standards

This White Paper was drafted by an international task force consisting of experts on biofuels standards from the standardization bodies of the Tripartite Agreement amongst Brazil, the European Union and the USA. The executive summary ...

Dec 2007
SARD and bioenergy

This series is produced by the SARD Initiative, a multi-stakeholder framework established to support the transition to people-centred sustainable agriculture and rural development. It is led by civil society, supported by governments and inter-governmental agencies ...

Nov 2007
The biofuels controversy

The coming of age of biofuels is happening against the background of growing awareness of the urgent need for changing the present unsustainable pattern of energy use, characterized by a profligate (mis)use of abundant and ...

Nov 2007
The Swan labelling of fuel - Background document on the ecolabelling of fuel

This document provides background for the requirements proposed by Nordic Ecolabelling in its Consultation Document.The document discusses Nordic Ecolabelling’s motives in developing criteria for the ecolabelling of fuels. It also provides a general introduction to ...

Nov 2007
A review of the current state of bioenergy development in G8 +5 Countries

This report is part of the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP)’s ongoing efforts to monitor the status of bioenergy development in member countries and create a basis for future discussion of sustainability criteria and possible guidelines ...

Nov 2007
Contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Technical summary

The main aim of this report is to assess options for mitigating climate change. Several aspects link climate change with development issues. This report explores these links in detail, and illustrates where climate change and ...

Nov 2007
Recent trends in the law and policy of bioenergy production, promotion and use

This paper aims to stimulate discussion on the elements of appropriate national legal frameworks for bioenergy, particularly in developing countries. It provides legislators and policy-makers with a tool to assist in identifying areas of law ...

Sep 2007
Biodiversity, rights and livelihood – Agrofuels special issue

In this article, a closer look is taken at the way corporations are using the stampede into agrofuels to extend their takeover of world farming. An unparalleled process of mergers, takeovers and alliances is tightening ...

Jul 2007
Governing global climate change: St. Petersburg Compliance Report for the 'G8 Plus Five' Countries - G8 Final Compliance Report 2007

Founded in 1987, the G8 Research Group is an independent organization whose mission is to serve as the world’s leading independent source of information, analysis, and research on the institutions, issues, and members of the ...

Jun 2007
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