IEA Task Force 40: FAIRBiotrade

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• The International Energy Agency (IEA) is an autonomous unit within the OECD and is made up of 21 (mainly industrialized) participating countries.
• IEA Bioenergy is one of various "Implementing Agreements" that define the tasks of the IEA.
• IEA Bioenergy has 11 tasks, of which one is Task 40: Sustainable International Bioenergy Trade: Securing Supply and Demand.

Relevant Websites:

• IEA Task 40
• Fairbiotrade.org
• ieabioenergy.com

Contents 1 Overview 2 History 3 Events 4 Publications 5 Contacts 6 Notes

Overview

Key supporters: Belgium, Canada, Finland, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom.

Objective: "Developing the sustainable bioenergy market is a long-term process. Therefore it is necessary to structure the path towards it. This Task aims in its first working period (1-3 year) on results that will create insights in information, decision factors and preconditions for the medium-term (4-10 year) results."[1]

History

Events

Publications

See books, reports, scientific papers, position papers and websites for additional useful resources.

• International Bioenergy Trade - scenario study on international biomass markets in 2020 (.pdf), Jussi Heinimö, Virpi Pakarinen, Ville Ojanen and Tuomo Kässi; Lappeenranta University of Technology, Research Report 181, prepared for the IEA Bioenergy Task 40, 2007.

• Overview of recent developments in sustainable biomass certification (draft)(pdf) by Jinke van Dam, Martin Junginger, André Faaij, Ingmar Jürgens, Gustavo Best, Uwe Fritsche; IEA Bioenergy Task 40, December 2006.

• Sustainability of Brazilian Bioethanol (PDF)by Edward Smeets, Martin Junginger, André Faaij (Utrecht University);Arnaldo Walter, Paulo Dolzan (State University of Campinas); commissioned by SenterNovem, The Netherlands Agency for Sustainable Development and Innovation, August 2006.

• The impact of sustainability criteria on the costs and potentials of bioenergy production (pdf) by Edward Smeets, André Faaij and Iris Lewandowski; Copernicus Institute, part of the FAIR Biotrade project funded by the Dutch electricity company Essent N.V. and NOVEM (Netherlands Organisation for Energy and the Environment), May 2005.

Contacts

Notes

	International Energy Agency	edit
IEA Bioenergy - IEA Task Force 40: FAIRBiotrade

	Sustainability standards	edit
Organizations/Initiatives: Better Sugarcane Initiative | Forest Stewardship Council | Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels | Responsible Commodities Initiative | EU: GAVE | LowCVP Policy proposals: Green Biofuels Index Key terms: Ecological Footprint | Life-cycle analysis | Eco-labelling

	International organizations and initiatives	edit
Multilateral agreements: Kyoto Protocol: Clean Development Mechanism International initiatives: Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) | International Biofuels Forum Bilateral agreements: Brazil-Indonesia Consultative Committee on Biofuels | US-Brazil Ethanol Partnership Organizations: Global: Global Environmental Facility | United Nations (FAO, UNDP, UNEP) | OECD: IEA / IEA Bioenergy (Task 40) Regional: Latin America: Inter-American Development Bank | International Ethanol Commission Asia: Asian Development Bank | Core Agriculture Support Program (CASP)

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