Task 45: Climate and Sustainability Effects of Bioenergy within the broader Bioeconomy
Task 45
Sustainability governance of bioenergy and the broader bioeconomy
Aug 2021Download the paper Technical Paper prepared for IEA Bioenergy Task 45 and the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) Task Force on Sustainability The bioeconomy – and bioenergy as part of that – provides key opportunities to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and to contribute to a “green” recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic . For this, […]
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Strategic deployment of riparian buffers and windbreaks in Europe can co-deliver biomass and environmental benefits
Aug 2021Communications Earth & Environment, available open access here Within the scope of the new Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union, in coherence with other EU policies, new incentives are developed for farmers to deploy practices that are beneficial for climate, water, soil, air, and biodiversity. Such practices include establishment of multifunctional biomass production systems, designed […]
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Bioenergy for climate change mitigation: scale and sustainability
May 2021Global Change Biology Bioenergy, available open access here Many global climate change mitigation pathways presented in IPCC assessment reports rely heavily on the deployment of bioenergy, often used in conjunction with carbon capture and storage. We review the literature on bioenergy use for climate change mitigation, including studies that use top-down integrated assessment models or bottom-up […]
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Applying a science-based systems perspective to dispel misconceptions about climate effects of forest bioenergy
May 2021Global Change Biology Bioenergy, available open access here The scientific literature contains contrasting findings about the climate effects of forest bioenergy, partly due to the wide diversity of bioenergy systems and associated contexts, but also due to differences in assessment methods. The climate effects of bioenergy must be accurately assessed to inform policy-making, but the complexity […]
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Campaigns questioning the use of woody biomass for energy are missing key facts
Feb 2021There are concurrent media campaigns and publications questioning the use of woody biomass for renewable energy production. This publication comments some of the issues raised in the campaign. Available here.
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Contribution of Biomass Supply Chains for Bioenergy to Sustainable Development Goals
Feb 2021Land 2021, 10(2), 181; available open access here This work evaluates the relationships between bioenergy and related biomass supply chains and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Using Nilsson et al. (2016) seven-point scoring framework, the relationships between biomass supply for bioenergy and the SDGs were evaluated based on existing synthesis papers, modeling studies and […]
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The use of forest biomass for climate change mitigation: dispelling some misconceptions
Aug 2020Articles and statements in the media have raised concerns over the climate effects of bioenergy from managed forests. As some of these statements seem to reflect misconceptions about forest bioenergy, IEA Bioenergy has prepared a brief document presenting key facts about the use of forest biomass for climate change mitigation. Available here
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Roles of bioenergy in energy system pathways towards a “well-below-2-degrees-Celsius (WB2)” world
Jul 2020Report of a workshop held on 25 November 2019 in Berlin, and synthesis of presented studies. Available here
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Key findings and notes from the round table discussion on the IPCC report on climate change and land
Sep 2019IEA Bioenergy organised a seminar and a round table discussion about the IPCC report on climate change and land on September 2, 2019, at the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, Stockholm, Sweden. At the seminar, IPCC authors first informed about the panel’s findings and after that they discussed the report together with a […]
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