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International organizations/Initiatives
- Global Village Energy Partnership - supports and helps set up energy action plans and assists energy SMEs in developing countries.
- Interamerican Ethanol Commission - Co-chaired by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush; Roberto Rodrigues, president of the Superior Council of Agribusiness of Brazil and Luis Moreno, president of the Inter-American Development Bank.[1]
- IBEP: International Bioenergy Platform (interim website)
- International Energy Agency Bioenergy (IEA Bioenergy)
- International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) - "IRENA aims at becoming the main driving force in promoting a rapid transition towards the widespread and sustainable use of renewable energy on a global scale."[2]
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- News:
- For Gulf, Biofuels Are Worse Than Oil Spill , 17 June 2010 editorial by Investor's Business Daily: The OECD "recently stated in a report: 'When acidification, fertilizer use, biodiversity loss and toxicity of agricultural pesticides are taken into account, the overall impact of ethanol and biodiesel can very easily exceed those of petrol and mineral diesel.'"[3]
- News:
United Nations organizations
- UN Food and Agriculture Organization: Bioenergy (FAO: Bioenergy)
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) UNCTAD has a Biofuels initiative.
Development banks / International financial institutions
- African Development Bank (AfDB)
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- World Bank
- International Finance Corporation
- News:
- Secret report: biofuel caused food crisis, 4 July 2008 in The Guardian: "Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated - according to a confidential World Bank report".
- Events
- 12 January 2010, Washington, D.C., USA: World Bank InfoShop event, Bioenergy Development. (Themes: bioenergy, development, environment, land use, natural resource management, poverty)
- In association with the launch of the book, Bioenergy Development: Issues and Impacts for Poverty and Natural Resource Management, by Elizabeth Cushion, Adrian Whiteman and Gerhard Dieterle.
- 12 January 2010, Washington, D.C., USA: World Bank InfoShop event, Bioenergy Development. (Themes: bioenergy, development, environment, land use, natural resource management, poverty)
International cooperation
Multilateral agreements
- Core Agriculture Support Program - Is a part of the Strategic Framework for Subregional Cooperation in Agriculture for the Greater Mekong Subregion Program, which includes Cambodia, China, Lao, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. The program works to increase cross-border trade and investment in agriculture. A major part will focus on ensuring "that the benefits from new opportunities opening up in agriculture through biofuel crops and the attendant new technologies, and the opening of borders among GMS nations will be spread out equitably."[1]
Bilateral agreements
- US-Brazil ethanol partnership
- Brazil-Indonesia Consultative Committee on Biofuels
References
- ↑ http://www.biofuelreview.com/content/view/904/ CASP agreement to benefit biofuel producers in Mekong
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