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| Fundamentals of a sustainable US biofuels policy The United States is investing billions of dollars each year in subsidies and tax breaks to domestic ethanol producers in the hope that biofuels will become a major plank of an energy security and fuel diversification program.... |
Jan 2010 |
| Sustainable production of second-generation biofuels - Potential and perspectives in major economies and developing countries This study first discusses the global status quo of second-generation biofuels and their potential role in the future energy supply. Next, the study identifies global drivers for the development of this new industry and their... |
Jan 2010 |
| Perceptions on fairness and efficiency of the REDD value chain - Methods and results from pilot analyses in Indonesia and Peru Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) will require a ‘value chain’ that links global beneficiaries to local actions towards high carbon storing land use patterns. The value chain includes: effectively... |
2010 |
| Biofuels, land access and rural livelihoods in Tanzania This report investigates and describes patterns of biofuel development in Tanzania. It looks at the spread and scale, crop use and different models of biofuel production through several case studies. It also outlines the... |
Dec 2009 |
| Small scale sustainable farmers are cooling down the earth Farmers -‐ men and women -‐ around the world are joining hands with other social movements, organizations, people and communities to ask for and to develop radical social, economic and political transformations to reverse the... |
Dec 2009 |
| Global potential of sustainable biomass for energy Through a review of existing data and literature, this report synthesizes the amount of information and its relative distribution in different fields.The report contains two main sections, organized around bioenergy issues... |
Dec 2009 |
| Biofuels 2010: spotting the next wave - Executive summary One response to the threat of climate change would be to regulate the use of carbon fossil fuels with an externality tax or some other policy measure. Taxing fossil fuels would drive up the price of petroleum products, making... |
Dec 2009 |
| Better use of biomass for energy - Position paper of IEA RETD and IEA Bioenergy With this position paper, IEA RETD and IEA Bioenergy present key findings from a joint project on “Better Use of Biomass for Energy” which identifies opportunities• of bioenergy for better greenhouse-gas reduction, and• of... |
Dec 2009 |
| Bioenergy – A sustainable and reliable energy source (main report) 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... |
Dec 2009 |
| Global gaps in clean energy research, development, and demonstration This paper, prepared in support of the Major Economies Forum (MEF) Global Partnership by the International Energy Agency, seeks to inform decision making and prioritisation of RD&D investments and other policies to accelerate... |
Dec 2009 |
