Global Bioenergy Partnership
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The Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) is an initiative for international cooperation on bioenergy; the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) serves as the secretariat for GBEP.
GBEP "brings together public, private and civil society stakeholders in a joint commitment to promote bioenergy for sustainable development." These include "public decision-makers, representatives of the private sector and civil society as well as international agencies with expertise in bioenergy."
The Partnership builds its activities upon three strategic pillars: Energy Security - Food Security - Sustainable Development
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Partners
Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Sudan, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Energy Agency (IEA), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), United Nations Foundation, World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE) and European Biomass Industry Association (EUBIA).
Italy and Mexico were elected Chair and Co-Chair respectively for the first biennium. Italy and Brazil were elected Chair and Co-Chair respectively for the following biennium: Chair: Corrado Clini, Director General, Ministry for the Environment Land and Sea, Italy; Co-Chair: André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, Director, Ministry of External Relations, Brazil.
Programme of work
"In the short term the Partnership will seek to:
- Update the inventory of existing networks, initiatives and institutions dealing with bioenergy;
- Identify gaps in knowledge or areas of weak understanding;
- Carry out scoping of feasibility studies for market building activities, in cooperation with interested developing countries;
- Establish mechanisms for raising awareness and dealing with issues of international relevance (e.g. environmental standards, food security, trade) and gaps in technology and policy;
- Formulate standard guidelines to measure the greenhouse gas emission reductions through the promotion and use of biofuels in the transport and energy generation sectors, including the development of baseline methodologies and monitoring tools to be used for project activities in the bioenergy field"[1]
Official announcements
- GBEP: Global Bioenergy Partnership (PDF file) description posted on the website of Italian Ministry for the Environment, Territory and Sea.
News/Events
- 12 December 2007, Bali, Indonesia: Promoting Bioenergy Towards Sustainable Development and Climate Change Mitigation: The GBEP Challenge (PDF File). Hosted by the Global Bioenergy Partnership (Themes: Bioenergy, international cooperation)
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| Multilateral agreements: Kyoto Protocol: Clean Development Mechanism International initiatives: Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) | International Biofuels Forum | ||
