Climate and Sustainability Effects of Bioenergy within the broader Bioeconomy

Publications

IEA Bioenergy Task 45 relevant publications and presentations

Aug 2020 – The use of forest biomass for climate change mitigation: dispelling some misconceptions

 

Triennium Reports on IEA Bioenergy Tasks’ Activities 2016-2018:

Publications from Task 38 – Climate Change Effects of Biomass and Bioenergy Systems” before they were merged into task 45. 

 

Relevant publications from Task 43 – Biomass Feedstocks for Energy Markets

2019 – Sustainable Landscape Management for Bioenergy and the Bioeconomy – Report from Joint IEA Bioenergy Task 43 & FAO Workshop, 11-12th October 2018, Rome, Italy

2019 – IEA Bioenergy Task 43 2019:06 Attractive Systems for Bioenergy Feedstock Production in Sustainably Managed Landscapes Contributions to the Call

2018 – Feasibility of verifying sustainable forest management principles for secondary feedstock to produce wood pellets for co-generation of electricity in the Netherlands

2017 – Stump Harvesting Impact on Climate and Environment. http://task43.ieabioenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/TR2017-02.pdf

 

ExCo-publications

Jul 2020 – Roles of bioenergy in energy system pathways towards a “well-below-2-degrees-Celsius (WB2)” world. Report of a workshop held on 25 November 2019 in Berlin, and synthesis of presented studies

Oct 2019 – ExCo83 workshop: Governing sustainability in biomass supply chains for the bioeconomy – Summary and conclusions

2019 – Measuring, governing and gaining support for sustainable bioenergy supply chains – Main findings and recommendations

2018 – Inter-Task Sustainability of Bioenergy Supply Chains. How to Analyse Ecosystem Services in Landscapes.

 

Other publications

Forests and the climate – Manage for maximum wood production or leave the forest as a carbon sink? Report from a conference held on March 12–13, 2018, in Stockholm Sweden, organized by the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.

 

Presentations at IEA Bioenergy webinars

2019 – Perception and Positions of Stakeholders towards Bioenergy.

2018 – Biomass Production in Sustainably Managed Landscapes

2018 – Approaches to Gain Trust in Sustainability of Bioenergy through Credible Governance

2018 – The IEA Bioenergy Roadmap: Delivering Sustainable Bioenergy

 

Other presentations

Presentations at the IEA Bioenergy Task 45 workshop on forests and the climate, 13-14 May 2020 on Zoom

International workshop, Athens, G.A. U.S. May 1 – 3 2019. Adequacy of spatial databases for conducting risk assessments of sustainable wood sourcing practices of the U.S. industrial wood pellet industry supplying European energy demand.

Forests and the climate – Manage for maximum wood production or leave the forest as a carbon sink? Report from a conference held on March 12–13, 2018, in Stockholm Sweden, organised by the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences