Measuring, governing and gaining support for sustainable bioenergy supply chains

Webinar

February 2019

Perception and Positions of Stakeholders towards Bioenergy

Prof. Dr. Martin Junginger, Chair Bio-Based Economy, Energy & Resources Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development Utrecht University, the Netherlands Thuy Mai-Moulin, PhD researcher, Energy & Resources Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development Utrecht University, the Netherlands Uwe Fritsche, Scientific Director International Institute for Sustainability Analysis and Strategy, Germany

Perceptions and positions of stakeholders towards bioenergy vary widely, depending amongst others on the type of feedstock used, conversion technology and end-use, regional settings etc. In this webinar, we first present the viewpoints and positions of international stakeholders based on insights from over 200 questionnaire responses (on topics such as awareness, barriers, challenges, drivers and conditions to gain support for the bioenergy sector), two roundtables and 11 dedicated interviews with international stakeholders in the biobased economy such as DSM, RSB, Bioenergy Europe and Greenpeace. We then briefly present the results from several regional case studies, and provide recommendations on how to engage more successfully with a broad range of stakeholders so that policies and sustainability governance are perceived as legitimate and help build-up social capital, trust, and support among all stakeholders. Lastly, we outline how this work will be continued in IEA Bioenergy in the coming years.

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Download presentation – IEA Bioenergy Webinar. O3 Intertask sustainability project 5 Feb 2019 Final

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December 2018:

Biomass Production in Sustainably Managed Landscapes

Oskar Englund, Postdoctoral researcher, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Uffe Jørgensen, Head of Aarhus University, Centre for Circular Bioeconomy, Senior Scientist Dept. of Agriculture, Denmark

Enabling bioenergy to play a key role in transforming the energy system will require a strong increase in the supply of biomass feedstock compared to today. This webinar shows how the integration of new biomass production systems into agricultural landscapes can provide bioenergy feedstock while simultaneously reducing current land use impacts. An overview of promising opportunities at the EU level is followed by a presentation of recent advances in Denmark illustrating the potential for radical innovation to make current agricultural systems more productive and environmentally benign.

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Download presentation IEA Webinar_Dec 13 2018


September 2018:

Approaches to Gain Trust in Sustainability of Bioenergy through Credible Governance

C.T. (Tat) Smith, Professor, University of Toronto, Dept. of Geography & Planning Inge Stupak, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Dept. of Geosciences & Natural Resource Management

This webinar explores approaches in different geographical regions for local and international bioenergy supply chains based on primary agricultural or forest feedstock, or residue and waste streams. A general pattern emerges that market development is linked to political incentive structures, and that sustainability governance develops over time to fit different phases of development, adapting to new knowledge or as new priorities occur.

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Download presentation IEA Bioenergy webinar 13Sept2018