European Convention of the Global Sustainable Bioenergy Project February 24-26 Delft, The Netherlands
This is the first of a series of 5 conventions aiming to provide guidance on the feasibility of sustainable bioenergy production on a large scale as well as implementation paths and policies that foster this outcome.
Although there is widespread agreement that a biobased economy could be desirable for climate change mitigation and increasing energy security, there is still great confusion and uncertainty about whether the world should look to bioenergy to play a prominent role in the future, and if so, what policy frameworks are needed to ensure a sustainable result. The Global Sustainable Bioenergy Project seeks to address this dilemma in an open and transparent manner structured in three steps:
1) Convene five continential conventions to gather input on framing stages 2 and 3, agree on continental and common resolutions, and increase project visibility;
2) Test the working hypothesis that it is physically possible to gracefully reconcile very large-scale bioenergy production with competing land demands (e.g. to produce energy for more than a quarter of global mobility or equivalent);
3) Develop recommended transition paths and policies informed by the analysis of the economic, ethical, equity, and local-scale rural economic development issues.
Each convention aims to provide a platform for regional and trans-national opportunities, challenges and concerns. These meetings are characterised by extensive break-out sessions to gather input from all participants. The outcome of the meetings will be a report summarising the input on framing stages 2) and 3), presenting a common resolution addressing the working hypothesis upon which stage 2) is based and the need to address it, and five resolutions representing the distinctive perspectives on bioenergy from each of the world’s continents.
The project involves many leading experts in the bioenergy field, and aims to increase this number and involve all those who are willing to help to realise a sustainable future. Stage 1 meetings are hosted by leading academic centres, with the European Convention will be hosted by the Kluyver Centre for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation. We really hope that you will contribute to this ambitious project and that we may welcome you in Delft!” READ MORE
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