The CLand team is co-organizing with E4C and The Chaire Energy and Prosperity an online workshop, on Friday November 10, 2023, on Climate policy, Bioenergy and Land-use.

 Workshop abstract 

Bioenergy will likely play a role in a climate neutral economy either in the power sector or, downstream, to decarbonize sectors difficult to electrify (air and marine transportation, trucks, some industries). However, Bioenergy is controversial because of competing land uses, most notably for food production and natural carbon sink. The production of dedicated energy crops may entail a large carbon opportunity cost, resulting in an unclear carbon balance. In the absence of an exhaustive pricing of carbon emissions, such as a tax on emissions and payment for sequestration, the design of bioenergy support schemes is a complex endeavour that requires careful consideration.

The workshop aims to identify the key uncertainties and debates regarding the role of bioenergy in a climate neutral economy, at national and global scales, and the challenges for the design of climate policies.

The workshop will gather researchers, industry experts, and policymakers to expose their views and
analysis on current issues regarding bioenergy regulation.

Coordinators: Guy Meunier (PSAE), Thierry Brunelle (CIRAD), Nandeeta Neerunjun (GAEL).

• Registration Form : https://urlz.fr/nTCO

Please see below the presentations made by the speakers during this workshop

Integrated assessment of biomass supply and demand in climate change mitigation scenarios
Vassilis Daioglou
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

Land-based mitigation in integrated assessment models: insights from the IPCC 1.5 database
Thais Diniz Oliveira
Food Systems and Global Change, Cornell University

Policy challenges in the Deployment of Cabin Dioxide Removal methods
Emma Jagu Schippers
CentraleSupélec

System-wide assessment of forest biomass production, markets, and carbon
Alice Favero
RTI

The forestry sector at the crossroads of climate change and energy transition: an overview of the French national plans
Esther Devilliers
BETA-INRAE

Avoided emissions from wood use are not systematic. A meta-analysis on the substitution potential of wood
Aude Valade
CIRAD, UMR ECO&SOLS

Agenda