GBEP Task Force on Sustainability re-opens to produce Implementation Guide of the Sustainability Indicators

Further to the 6^th meeting of the GBEP Working Group on Capacity Building for Sustainable Bioenergy (WGCB) last November 2014, GBEP Activity Group 2 co-leaders drafted a proposal on the scope of work for the production of an Implementation Guide on the use of the GBEP Sustainability Indicators for Bioenergy (GSIs). The proposal was recently approved by the GBEP Partners and Observers and led to the re-opening of the Task Force on Sustainability under the chairmanship of Sweden.

The Implementation Guide, which is expected to be the main output of the GBEP Task Force on Sustainability, aims to provide additional guidance on the testing and implementation of the GSIs. As such, it will complement – rather than replace - the 1st edition of the “Global Bioenergy Partnership Sustainability Indicators for Bioenergy” report. To date a number of lessons learned have emerged from the testing and implementation of the GSIs, which is still on-going in a number of countries. Building on this and on additional experience with the implementation of the GBEP indicators, it will provide guidance on both methodological and practical issues for the future application of the GSIs.

The Guide will aim to:
•    Facilitate the testing and implementation of the GSIs by future users, enabling them to take advantage of relevant lessons learned; and
•    Clarify and explain in more details some identified issues within the methodology sheets in the 1st edition of the “Global Bioenergy Partnership Sustainability Indicators for Bioenergy” report, by:
•    Ensuring a better integration of definitions and methodologies;
•    Ensuring an effective implementation of the indicators; and
•    Enhancing the practicality of the indicators.

The Task Force on Sustainability will see its official re-opening in the occasion of the next GBEP meetings that will take place on 9-13 November 2015 in Rome at FAO Headquarters.

Read more about the implementation of the GBEP Sustainability Indicators here
 

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