Brussels, Belgium, March 8th – 10th, 2010
Jointly organised by
Task 38 – Greenhouse Gas Balances of Biomass and Bioenergy Systems
The IEA Bioenergy Task38 conference on Greenhouse gas emissions from bioenergy systems: impacts of timing, issues of responsibility consists of two days of presentation and discussion on issues including
The goals of the conference were:
Final workshop summary (PDF-file 97kB)
Keynote address: Adding when to the what, where, if and why of biofuels’ indirect climate effects – and adding others to the list of usual suspects. – Michael O´Hare, University of California at Berkeley, USA
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Is bioenergy carbon neutral? An overview of the work of IEA Bioenergy Task 38 on GHG balances of biomass and bioenergy systems. – Annette Cowie, IEA Bioenergy Task 38 Management, National Centre for Rural Greenhouse Gas Research, Australia
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The net-benefit of bioenergy for climate change mitigation. – Alexander Popp, Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
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Better use of biomass for energy. IEA RETD / IEA Bioenergy Position Paper. – Uwe Fritsche, Oeko Institute, Germany
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Preserving the world’s tropical forests: A price on carbon may not do. – Martin Persson, Chalmers University, Sweden
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Global Bioenergy Partnership: Version zero of the methodological framework for GHG LCA of bioenergy. – Horst Fehrenbach, Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung IFEU, Germany
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The EU Renewable Energy Directive and its implementation, including addressing indirect land use change. – Catherine Bowyer, Institute for European Environmental Policy, United Kingdom
Methodological issues on GHG emission calculations. – Paul Hodson, European Commission, DG TREN, Brussels
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Intensification of agriculture for bioenergy: Impacts on GHG emissions and biodiversity. – Jan Ros, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, The Netherlands
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Opportunities and complications in the transition towards a sustainable bio-based economy. – Leen Gorissen, VITO, Belgium
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Sustainable biomass imports – Challenges for GHG LCA methodology implementation within an operational verification procedure. – Chrystelle Verhoest, Laborelec, Belgium
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Invited address: Reassessing optimal climate-change mitigation strategies through more explicit consideration of the role of time in impact assessments. – Miko Kirschbaum, Landcare Research, New Zealand
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On the timing of greenhouse gas emissions. – Neil Bird, IEA Bioenergy Task 38 Management, Joanneum Research, Austria
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CO2 perturbation and associated global warming potentials following emissions from biofuel based on wood. – Glen Peters, Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Norway
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Radiative forcing effects of forest fertilization and biomass substitution. – Roger Sathre, Leif Gustavsson, Mid Sweden University, Sweden
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Improved time accounting in the estimation of GHG emissions from indirect land use change. – Jesper Hedal Kløverpris, Novozymes A/S, Denmark
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Future Bioenergy and Sustainable Land Use. The vision of the German Advisory Council on Global Change. – Michael Sterner, Fraunhofer IWES, University of Kassel, Germany
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The full day study tour took participants to
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