Bioenergy
- Biofuel potential and FAO’s estimates of available land: The case of Tanzania
- H. M. Haugen 2010
- While there are under-utilized lands in several countries of sub-Saharan Africa, the drive towards transforming huge areas of land to biofuel plantations must be reviewed critically. The facts that much of these lands are presently co...
- Human Rights Impact Assessment in the Context of Biofuels: Addressing the Human Right to Food and the Human Right to Water
- H. M. Haugen 2010
- The original mandate of the UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights said that he should „develop materials and methodologies for undertaking human rights impact assessments.? Since then, tools for human rights impa...
- Extensive IPCC report concerning renewable energy technologies and climate change mitigation.
- O. Edenhofer (ed); R. Pichs-Madruga (ed); Y. Sokona (ed) 2012
- This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report regarding renewable energy and mitigation provides a comprehensive overview of the costs, benefits and future potential of the different renewable sectors. With contribution...
- which approach is best for bioenergy production?
- S. Keam (ed); N. McCormick (ed) / International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2008
- Concerns about energy security, climate change and support for rural development have climbed rapidly up the political agendas, both in developing and industrialised countries. Bioenergy occupies a unique position at the nexus of ener...
- Analysing the food crisis: key ways of improving food security
- C. Nellemann (ed); M. MacDevette (ed); T. Manders (ed) / GRID Arendal, 2009
- This report provides the first summary by the UN of how climate change, water stress, invasive pests and land degradation may impact world food security, food prices and how we may be able to feed the world in a more sustainable...
- Are fuels a close substitute of food in South Africa?
- A. Mabiso; D. Weatherspoon / AgEcon Search, 2008
- There are growing concerns that food-fuel tradeoffs are beginning to present serious challenges for food security. Understanding the nature of food-fuels tradeoffs is imperative for effective policy making and safeguarding consumers&r...
- An overview of ethanol production across the Americas
- M., A. Seixas (ed) / Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, 2007
- This document is the first volume in a series of three on the current state of agroenergy and bio-fuel production in the Americas. Produced at the request of the Inter-American Ethanol Commission, it presents information about the cur...
- What can G8 leaders do to address the food crisis?
- ActionAid International, 2008
- Three years after the G8 pledged to ‘make poverty history’, the current global food crisis has left close to a quarter of the world’s population lacking basic food security. In this policy brief, Actionaid calls on G...
- Is it time to dismantle support and incentives for biofuels?
- R. Bailey / Oxfam, 2008
- Biofuels are presented in rich countries as a solution to two crises: the climate crisis and the oil crisis. However, this Oxfam Briefing Paper argues that they are not be a solution to either, and instead are contributing to a third:...
- Is oil palm production viable and sustainable in Kalimantan, Indonesia?
- S. Mantel; H. Wösten; J. Verhagen / Wageningen University and Research Centre, Netherlands, 2007
- There is an increasing global demand for oil palm, but its production provokes societal debate on the environmental and social aspects that surround it, particularly in southeast Asia. This study, at the request of request of the...
- Biofuel potential and FAO’s estimates of available land: The case of Tanzania
- H. M. Haugen 2010
- While there are under-utilized lands in several countries of sub-Saharan Africa, the drive towards transforming huge areas of land to biofuel plantations must be reviewed critically. The facts that much of these lands are presently co...
- Human Rights Impact Assessment in the Context of Biofuels: Addressing the Human Right to Food and the Human Right to Water
- H. M. Haugen 2010
- The original mandate of the UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights said that he should „develop materials and methodologies for undertaking human rights impact assessments.? Since then, tools for human rights impa...
- Extensive IPCC report concerning renewable energy technologies and climate change mitigation.
- O. Edenhofer (ed); R. Pichs-Madruga (ed); Y. Sokona (ed) 2012
- This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report regarding renewable energy and mitigation provides a comprehensive overview of the costs, benefits and future potential of the different renewable sectors. With contribution...
- which approach is best for bioenergy production?
- S. Keam (ed); N. McCormick (ed) / International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2008
- Concerns about energy security, climate change and support for rural development have climbed rapidly up the political agendas, both in developing and industrialised countries. Bioenergy occupies a unique position at the nexus of ener...
- Analysing the food crisis: key ways of improving food security
- C. Nellemann (ed); M. MacDevette (ed); T. Manders (ed) / GRID Arendal, 2009
- This report provides the first summary by the UN of how climate change, water stress, invasive pests and land degradation may impact world food security, food prices and how we may be able to feed the world in a more sustainable...
- Are fuels a close substitute of food in South Africa?
- A. Mabiso; D. Weatherspoon / AgEcon Search, 2008
- There are growing concerns that food-fuel tradeoffs are beginning to present serious challenges for food security. Understanding the nature of food-fuels tradeoffs is imperative for effective policy making and safeguarding consumers&r...
- An overview of ethanol production across the Americas
- M., A. Seixas (ed) / Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, 2007
- This document is the first volume in a series of three on the current state of agroenergy and bio-fuel production in the Americas. Produced at the request of the Inter-American Ethanol Commission, it presents information about the cur...
- What can G8 leaders do to address the food crisis?
- ActionAid International, 2008
- Three years after the G8 pledged to ‘make poverty history’, the current global food crisis has left close to a quarter of the world’s population lacking basic food security. In this policy brief, Actionaid calls on G...
- Is it time to dismantle support and incentives for biofuels?
- R. Bailey / Oxfam, 2008
- Biofuels are presented in rich countries as a solution to two crises: the climate crisis and the oil crisis. However, this Oxfam Briefing Paper argues that they are not be a solution to either, and instead are contributing to a third:...
- Is oil palm production viable and sustainable in Kalimantan, Indonesia?
- S. Mantel; H. Wösten; J. Verhagen / Wageningen University and Research Centre, Netherlands, 2007
- There is an increasing global demand for oil palm, but its production provokes societal debate on the environmental and social aspects that surround it, particularly in southeast Asia. This study, at the request of request of the...
- International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
- The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to renewable energy.
- Biofuelwatch
- UK campaign group against the use of biofuels from unsustainable sources
