Task 45: Climate and Sustainability Effects of Bioenergy within the Circular Bioeconomy
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Informing land-use decisions about consequences for biodiversity
Mar 202624 Mar, 2026 – 24 Mar, 2026 Location: Online h 13-14.30 CET REGISTER Growing awareness of the biodiversity crisis has prompted businesses and decision-makers to address biodiversity loss and promote the sustainable use of natural resources. To accomplish this, governance systems are necessary to help accelerate the incorporation of biodiversity considerations into decision-making processes. This webinar […]
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Bioenergy towards climate-neutral futures – Side event at the Central European Biomass Conference (CEBC)
Feb 2026At the 2025 Central European Biomass Conference (CEBC) in Graz, IEA Bioenergy Task 45 hosted a side event titled “Bioenergy towards climate-neutral futures”, bringing together experts to discuss the role of bioenergy in pathways to net-zero. The workshop built on earlier Task 45 work exploring how bioenergy can support ambitious climate targets while also contributing […]
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BECCUS Science and Policy
Oct 2025Bioenergy with Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (BECCUS) is a critical technology for climate change mitigation, enabling the removal of CO₂ from the atmosphere (“negative emissions”) by capturing and storing biogenic carbon that would otherwise be released. This report, “BECCUS Science & Policy,” outlines the conceptual basis, policy landscape, and climate mitigation effects of BECCUS […]
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Call for contributions: Bioenergy towards net-zero/net-negative futures
Oct 2025IEA Bioenergy and collaborating organizations are launching a call for contributions to engage experts in assessing biomass production and use for energy in pathways toward net-zero/net-negative futures. The goal is to identify, synthesise, and share information on critical issues that determine the role of bioenergy in transitions toward net-zero/net-negative futures. In addition to learning from […]
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Quantifying biodiversity impacts of bioenergy system – Latest developments in the scope of LCA
Oct 2025The growing awareness of the biodiversity crisis has prompted businesses and decision-makers to address biodiversity loss and contribute to the sustainable use of natural resources. To achieve this, governance systems are needed to assist and accelerate the integration of biodiversity considerations into decision-making processes. Currently, sustainability criteria involving biodiversity rarely use life cycle assessment (LCA) […]
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Correction: The area of tall forests is not declining in Finland and Sweden
Sep 2024The World Resources Institute published an Insights article in June 2024 highlighting that the area of tall Nordic forests has declined by 20% over the period of 2001-2021. This response, based on data from the Swedish and Finnish national forest inventory, show that they are wrong and highlights that results based solely on remote sensing […]
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Workshop on quantifying biodiversity impacts in bioenergy systems, 13th of June 2024
Jun 2024The increased awareness of the state of biodiversity has resulted in an urge to address biodiversity loss and contribute to a transformation towards sustainable use of natural resources. For this, there is a need for governance systems that assist and accelerate the integration of biodiversity considerations into decision-making around the management of natural resources. This […]
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Workshop on forests, forestry and carbon balances 27th March 2024
Jun 2024In cooperation between IEA Bioenergy, Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP), and University of Surrey, a workshop with invited people under the title Forests, forestry and carbon balances: Importance of policies and forest sector responses, was held. The workshop was a follow up on earlier T45 workshops on forests, forestry, carbon balances, and carbon accounting. This time […]
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Celebrating International Women’s Day with the Inspirational Women of Task 45
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