19 Jun 07 Tanzania to become first African member of the Global Bioenergy Partnership

With a particular interest on developing countries, the Global Bioenenergy Partnership (GBEP) will act as a bridge to promote bioenergy, encourage its production and act as a channel to facilitate a global political forum. Currently, the GBEP includes 10 national ...

08 Jun 07 Global Bioenergy

The results of the first year of activity of the Global Bioenergy Partnership, chaired by Corrado Clini, have been presented at Kuhlungsborn, during the G8 summit. The GBEP was set up in 2005 by the G8 +5 countries  as part ...

07 Jun 07 Global Bioenergy Partnership at the G8 Summit. Clini: "We are on the right track"

The first year activity results of the Global Bioenergy Partnership were presented at the GBEP Press Conference in KÏ‹hlungsborn, during the G8 Summit.  (Italian)http://www.ansa.it/ecoenergia/notizie/rubriche/biomasse/20070607174134326991.html

07 Jun 07 G8 invites GBEP to build a sustainable bioenergy future

In the G8 summit's declaration Growth and Responsibility in the World Economy, the G8 invites GBEP to take an active role in building a sustainable bioenergy future, especially in the transportation sector. The G8 partners agreed to "avoid possible negative side-effects ...

07 Jun 07 Biofuels no threat to Opec, says IEA

The next decade biofuels would satisfy only a small portion of the world's demand as the need for oil grows. Claude Madil, the Head of International Energy Agency, told Financial Times that there will be a need for an increase ...

06 Jun 07 Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels Announces First Draft of Principles for Global Stakeholder Feedback

A draft of global principles for sustainable biofuel production and processing has been approved by the Steering Board of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) and presented to stakeholders for comment. RSB is an international initiative that aims to bring ...

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