Berlin, Germany 2007
Policies and Instruments to Promote Bioenergy and Bioproducts for GHG Mitigation
IEA Bioenergy Task 38 Workshop at the 15th EU Biomass Conference in Berlin
ICC International Congress Centre Berlin Salon 11/12 “Salon Koch”
Friday, May 11th 2007
Objectives
The reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is an urgent international target. The main objective to be addressed and discussed in this workshop is to give an overview of different policies and instruments all over the world for promoting bioenergy and bioproducts for GHG mitigation. It will provide a forum for government, policy and academic representatives to exchange information on current knowledge on that topic.
Program
Session 1
Market-based Instruments for GHG Mitigation in Australia – Annette Cowie, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Australia
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Policy Instruments Promoting Bioenergy in Sweden – Kenneth Möllersten, Swedish Energy Agency, Sweden.
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Promoting Bio-energy Projects under the Clean Development Mechanism – A Joint URC/FAO/UNCTAD Working Paper Glenn Hodes and Julia Schmid, UNEP, RISOE, Denmark
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Green Certificates Mechanisms in Belgium: a Useful Instrument to Mitigate GHG Emissions – Didier Marchal, Romain Crehay, Florence Van Stappen and Yves Schenkel, all from Agricultural Research Centre, and Yves Ryckmans from Electrabel, Belgium.
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Session 2
Sustainable Building Assessment as Tool to Promote the Use of Wood for GHG Mitigation – Sebastian Rueter, Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forestry Products, Germany
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Effects of Energy and Carbon Taxes on Building Material Competitiveness – Leif Gustavsson and Roger Sathre, Mid Sweden University, Sweden
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Net Greenhouse Gas Reduction Costs of Bioenergy after Consideration of Co-Benefits – Bernhard Schlamadinger, Daniel Steiner and Franz Prettenthaler, Joanneum Research, Austria
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