Bioenergy production and sustainable development : science base for policymaking remains limited
Robledo-Abad, Carmenza (ETH Zurich. Department of Environmental Systems Science)
Althaus, Hans-Jörg (Lifecycle Consulting Althaus)
Berndes, Göran (Chalmers tekniska högskola)
Bolwig, Simon (Danmarks tekniske universitet)
Corbera, Esteve (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Creutzig, Felix (Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change & Technical University Berlin)
Garcia-Ulloa, John (ETH Zürich. Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology)
Geddes, Anna (ETH Zürich. Institute for Environmental Decisions)
Gregg, Jay S. (Danmarks tekniske universitet)
Haberl, Helmut (Alpen-Adria Universitaet)
Hanger, Susanne (ETH Zürich. Institute for Environmental Decisions)
Harper, Richard J. (Murdoch University. School of Veterinary and Life Sciences)
Hunsberger, Carol (University of Western Ontario. Department of Geography)
Larsen, Rasmus K. (Stockholm Environment Institute)
Lauk, Christian (Alpen-Adria Universitaet)
Leitner, Stefan (Alpen-Adria Universitaet)
Lilliestam, Johan (ETH Zürich. Institute for Environmental Decisions)
Lotze-Campen, Hermann (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.)
Muys, Bart (KU leuven. Division of Forest, Nature and Landscape)
Nordborg, Maria (Chalmers tekniska högskola)
Ölund, Maria (Göteborgs universitet.)
Orlowsky, Boris (Climate-Babel)
Popp, Alexander (Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung)
Portugal-Pereira, Joana (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Reinhard, Jürgen (Swiss Federal Institute for Material Testing and Research)
Scheiffle, Lena (Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung)
Smith, Pete (University of Aberdeen)

Data:	2016
Resum:	The possibility of using bioenergy as a climate change mitigation measure has sparked a discussion of whether and how bioenergy production contributes to sustainable development. We undertook a systematic review of the scientific literature to illuminate this relationship and found a limited scientific basis for policymaking. Our results indicate that knowledge on the sustainable development impacts of bioenergy production is concentrated in a few well-studied countries, focuses on environmental and economic impacts, and mostly relates to dedicated agricultural biomass plantations. The scope and methodological approaches in studies differ widely and only a small share of the studies sufficiently reports on context and/or baseline conditions, which makes it difficult to get a general understanding of the attribution of impacts. Nevertheless, we identified regional patterns of positive or negative impacts for all categories - environmental, economic, institutional, social and technological. In general, economic and technological impacts were more frequently reported as positive, while social and environmental impacts were more frequently reported as negative (with the exception of impacts on direct substitution of emission from fossil fuel). More focused and transparent research is needed to validate these patterns and develop a strong science underpinning for establishing policies and governance agreements that prevent/mitigate negative and promote positive impacts from bioenergy production.
Ajuts:	European Commission 265104 European Commission 603542 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad RYC-2010-07183
Nota:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu MdM-2015-0552
Nota:	Altres ajuts: European Research Council (ERC) consolidator grant, contract number 313533
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Agriculture ; Bioenergy ; Food security ; Forestry ; Mitigation ; Sustainable development
Publicat a:	Global change biology. Bioenergy, Vol. 9 (March 2016) , p. 541-556, ISSN 1757-1707

DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12338
PMID: 28331552

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