Emissions from bioenergy: improved accounting options and new policy needs

N. Bird; A. Cowie; D. Frieden; L. Gustavsson; N. Pena; Kim Pingoud; S. Rueter; R. Sathre; Sampo Soimakallio; A. Tuerk; S. Woess-Gallasch; G. Zanchi

doi:10.5071/18thEUBCE2010-OC1.3

Emissions from bioenergy: improved accounting options and new policy needs

N. Bird, A. Cowie, D. Frieden, L. Gustavsson, N. Pena, Kim Pingoud, S. Rueter, R. Sathre, Sampo Soimakallio, A. Tuerk, S. Woess-Gallasch, G. Zanchi

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

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A recent paper by Searchinger [1] highlighted that Annex-I nations do not count CO2 emissions due to combustion of biomass in their commitments. This is because it is assumed that emissions from use of biomass are accounted for in the land use sector, where they should appear as reductions in carbon stocks. However, if the biomass comes from a non-Annex I country, these reductions are not counted within the Kyoto Protocol. Indeed, even Annex I countries do not necessarily fully account for carbon stock losses associated with bioenergy. This results in overestimating the mitigation benefits of bioenergy. The problem can be rectified by modifying the accounting system, adopting new policy measures or a combination of both. In this paper, we describe possible options and policy measures to improve the accounting of emissions from bioenergy. The pros and cons of the identified solutions are also discussed

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 18th EBCE
Publisher	ETA-Florence Renewable Energies
Pages	98-102
ISBN (Print)	978-88-89407-56-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5071/18thEUBCE2010-OC1.3
Publication status	Published - 2010
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	18th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition - Lyon , France Duration: 3 May 2010 → 7 May 2010

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Conference	18th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Country/Territory	France
City	Lyon
Period	3/05/10 → 7/05/10

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Bird, N, Cowie, A, Frieden, D, Gustavsson, L, Pena, N, Pingoud, K, Rueter, S, Sathre, R, Soimakallio, S, Tuerk, A, Woess-Gallasch, S & Zanchi, G 2010, Emissions from bioenergy: improved accounting options and new policy needs. in Proceedings of the 18th EBCE. ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, pp. 98-102, 18th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Lyon , France, 3/05/10. https://doi.org/10.5071/18thEUBCE2010-OC1.3

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