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How Much Bioenergy Can Europe Produce Without Harming The Environment
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Author :Tobias Wiesenthal Publisher :Luxembourg : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities ISBN 13 : Total Pages :76 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis How Much Bioenergy Can Europe Produce Without Harming the Environment? by : Tobias Wiesenthal
Download or read book How Much Bioenergy Can Europe Produce Without Harming the Environment? written by Tobias Wiesenthal and published by Luxembourg : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. This book was released on 2006 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing the use of renewable energies offers significant opportunities for European countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the security of energy supplies. However, the substantial rise in the use of biomass from agriculture, forestry and waste may result in additional pressures on farmland and forest biodiversity, as well as on soil and water resources. It may also counteract other current and potential future environmental policies and objectives, such as waste minimisation or environmentally-oriented farming. This report makes an assessment of the potential contribution of biomass to energy production without increasing pressures on the environment, based on the development of a number of environmental criteria for bioenergy production on a European-wide scale.
Book Synopsis How much bioenergy can Europe produce without harming the environment? by : Tobias Wiesenthal
Download or read book How much bioenergy can Europe produce without harming the environment? written by Tobias Wiesenthal and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis How Much Biomass Can Europe Use Without Harming the Environment? by :
Download or read book How Much Biomass Can Europe Use Without Harming the Environment? written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extending biomass use to produce energy (bioenergy) will both help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and meet the European renewable energy targets. However, biomass production may create additional environmental pressures, such as on biodiversity, soil and water resources. The European Environment Agency is currently assessing how much biomass can be used for energy generation without causing such additional pressures. Preliminary results suggest that there is sufficient biomass potential in the EU-25 to support ambitious renewable energy targets in an environmentally responsible way. Achieving maximum gains and minimising the potential threat of bioenergy production requires careful planning from EU to local level. Socio-economic aspects or an assessment of the policies and measures needed to mobilise this potential are not specifically addressed here and would need further consideration, alongside logistical and cost issues.
Book Synopsis The New Context of the Agricultural Debate in Europe (Egmont Paper 22) by :
Download or read book The New Context of the Agricultural Debate in Europe (Egmont Paper 22) written by and published by Academia Press. This book was released on with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Andrzej Benedykt Koltuniewicz Publisher :Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG ISBN 13 :3110308762 Total Pages :412 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (13 download)
Book Synopsis Sustainable Process Engineering by : Andrzej Benedykt Koltuniewicz
Download or read book Sustainable Process Engineering written by Andrzej Benedykt Koltuniewicz and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-06-23 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vital need for alternative resources and reaction routes, environmentally friendly and economically feasible industrial chemical processes has become a ubiquitous reality. This very timely introductory text covers new materials, processes and industry sectors: nanotechnology, microreactors, membrane separations, hybrid processes, clean technologies, energy savings and safe production of energy, renewables and biotechnology. Some completely new processes for the solid-liquid systems are also discussed in detail, thus creating new opportunities of sustainable development not only in industrial practice.
Author :Javier De Cendra de Larragán Publisher :Kluwer Law International B.V. ISBN 13 :9041133372 Total Pages :570 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (411 download)
Book Synopsis Distributional Choices in EU Climate Change Law and Policy by : Javier De Cendra de Larragán
Download or read book Distributional Choices in EU Climate Change Law and Policy written by Javier De Cendra de Larragán and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change policy inevitably has two core components: the goals, and the means chosen to pursue those goals. Decisions on goals and means necessarily have distributional consequences. Any policy choice generates winners and losers. While this outcome cannot be avoided - even doing nothing leads to distributional consequences - policymakers can, through the choice, design and implementation of policies, shape to some extent the distribution of the burdens of mitigation and adaptation to climate change. In greater depth than any previous legal study in the field, this book deals with the way in which the European Union (EU) has dealt with climate change and with the distribution of the benefits and costs of climate change mitigation policies among affected parties. With extraordinary thoroughness the author assesses the legality of choices made (particularly concerning mitigation targets and timelines), and examines the role that legal principles can play in the adoption, interpretation, and judicial testing of distributional choices. His analysis of the tension between such choices and EU law is bolstered by an exploration of emerging legal principles which could provide additional guidance in this challenging and controversial area. Among the core issues dealt with are the following: relationship among mitigation, adaptation, and sustainable development; regulations as means to make distributional choices distributional choices between generations and the principle of intergenerational justice distributional choices concerning firms and individuals the participation of affected parties in distributional choices access to justice in EU courts to challenge violations of procedural environmental rights the role of legal principles in making, evaluating and testing distributional choices the principle of proportionality with its tests of appropriateness and necessity; the principle of equality; the precautionary principle; the principle of prevention; the polluter pays principle; A concluding chapter offers deeply informed recommendations regarding the design of EU climate change law, including a preliminary assessment of EU wide personal carbon trading. In its insightful illumination of how the inevitable trade-offs, weaknesses, inconsistencies and ambiguities in the way law deals with distributional choices renders them vulnerable to external pressures, this book will be of enormous value to regulators and policymakers concerned with effective, efficient, and fair climate change measures. As a critical assessment of existing EU climate change laws and policies, and as a systematic analysis of the problem of burden sharing, this book will also prove highly valuable to academics in environmental fields of study.
Book Synopsis Renewable Energy in Europe by : European Renewable Energy Council (EREC)
Download or read book Renewable Energy in Europe written by European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2010 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How can the European Union meet its binding 20% renewable energy target in final energy consumption by the year 2020? Which sources offer the best prospects for realizing this goal? These are the questions answered by this key book which analyses the current situation of renewable energy in Europe, examines the latest technological, financial and economic developments, and outlines ways in which the renewable energy market can be developed. The book is divided into sections examining the integration of renewable energy, electricity, heating and cooling as well as biofuels. All the main technologies are covered, with exploration of: benefits and applications; costs and prices; markets and installed capacity; policy instruments; key countries and success stories; and targets and long term potential. This will be essential reading for policy decision-makers at all levels and to all those involved in the development of the renewable energy industry."--Publisher's description.
Book Synopsis OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030 by : OECD
Download or read book OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2008-03-05 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030 provides analyses of economic and environmental trends to 2030, and simulations of policy actions to address the key challenges.
Book Synopsis Are biofuels sustainable? by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee
Download or read book Are biofuels sustainable? written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008-01-21 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biofuels can reduce greenhouse gas emissions from road transport-but most first generation biofuels have a detrimental impact on the environment overall. In addition, most biofuels are often not an effective use of bioenergy resources, in terms either of cutting greenhouse gas emissions or value-for-money. The Government must ensure that its biofuels policy balances greenhouse gas emission cuts with wider environmental impacts, so that biofuels are only used where they contribute to sustainable emissions reductions. The Government and EU's neglect of biomass and other more effective policies to reduce emissions in favour of biofuels is misguided. The current policy and support framework must be changed to ensure that sustainable bioenergy resources maximise their potential to generate energy for the lowest possible greenhouse gas emissions. In general biofuels produced from conventional crops should no longer receive support from the Government. Instead the Government should concentrate on the development of more efficient biofuel technologies that might have a sustainable role in the future. The Government should seek to ensure that EU policy changes to reflect the concerns raised in this report. This means implementing a moratorium on current targets until technology improves, robust mechanisms to prevent damaging land use change are developed, and international sustainability standards are agreed. Only then might biofuels have a role to play. In the meantime, other more effective ways of cutting emissions from road transport should be pursued. It will take considerable courage for the Government and EU to admit that the current policy arrangements for biofuels are inappropriate. The policy realignments that are required will be a test of the Government's commitment to moving the UK towards a sustainable low carbon economy.
Book Synopsis Agricoltura e programmazione democratica by : Adele Finco
Download or read book Agricoltura e programmazione democratica written by Adele Finco and published by FrancoAngeli. This book was released on 1980 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Designer Cropping Systems for Polluted Land by : Vimal Chandra Pandey
Download or read book Designer Cropping Systems for Polluted Land written by Vimal Chandra Pandey and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-10-20 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designer Cropping Systems for Polluted Land explores the processes and techniques of making polluted land safe for planting edible and non-edible crops. The book provides readers and practitioners with a comprehensive understanding of contaminated land use through designer cropping systems. It seeks to present promising and affordable practices for transforming polluted lands while also providing an excellent basis from which scientific knowledge can grow and widen in the fields of phytoremediation-based biofortification. - Provides basic understanding on how to produce edible crops on polluted lands with biofortification - Explores cropping systems for the extraction of metals for industrial use - Discovers the role of designer cropping systems in phytoremediation programs
Download or read book Climate 2050 written by and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Water Policy and Management in Spain by : Francisco González-Gómez
Download or read book Water Policy and Management in Spain written by Francisco González-Gómez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spain is facing an increasingly difficult situation in terms of water stress. This is an issue that is due mostly to poor management practices in all sectors. Large amounts of water have been used for agricultural purposes at very low prices for too long; there is an uncontrolled use of most aquifers in rural areas which result from ineffective control by the public administration; per capita consumption continues increasing as well as water used for industrial and energy generation, the construction and tourism sectors and for recreation activities. In fact, they have all exerted additional pressure on available water resources. In order to face the above challenges, water policy has made a gradual shift towards more rational and sustainable management of water resources. This has also been influenced by the European Water Framework Directive about which, as the book discusses, there are both myths and misunderstandings. This book analyses the very complex position of all sectors in the country, the alternatives available and the challenges ahead. In so doing, it makes an important contribution to the literature on water resources management. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development.
Book Synopsis Ecosystem Services by : Sergi Nuss Girona
Download or read book Ecosystem Services written by Sergi Nuss Girona and published by Documenta Universitaria. This book was released on 2015-12-30 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ecosystem services (ES) framework opens the door to common ground between ecology science and economics in facing the challenge of planetary sustainability. Application of the available methodologies and instruments reveals both the high potential and the controversies related to this new socio-ecological management approach. Feeding on the research, reviews and testimonies presented at the XV International Summer School on Environment (ISSE) of the University of Girona (2015), this proceedings book displays the main concepts related the ES approach and outcomes from case studies dealing with its operationalization. However, the ultimate goal of this crosswalk language remains; changing mentalities and raising awareness to the point of installing new socio-ecological values, leading society to economic models in which ES conservation is understood as subsistence premise and therefore an intrinsic component of profits.\n \n
Book Synopsis The Hydrogen Economy by : Michael Ball
Download or read book The Hydrogen Economy written by Michael Ball and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-09-24 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights the opportunities and the challenges of introducing hydrogen as alternative transport fuel from an economic, technical and environmental point of view. Through its multi-disciplinary approach the book provides researchers, decision makers and policy makers with a solid and wide-ranging knowledge base concerning the hydrogen economy.
Book Synopsis Synthetic Biology by : Markus Schmidt
Download or read book Synthetic Biology written by Markus Schmidt and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-05-14 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the only book to focus on industrial and environmental applications of synthetic biology, covering 17 of the most promising uses in the areas of biofuel, bioremediation and biomaterials. The contributions are written by experts from academia, non-profit organizations and industry, outlining not only the scientific basics but also the economic, environmental and ethical impact of the new technologies. This makes it not only suitable as supplementary material for students but also the perfect companion for policy makers and funding agencies, if they are to make informed decisions about synthetic biology. Largely coordinated by Markus Schmidt, a policy adviser, and the only European to testify in front of the bioethics commission of the Obama administration.
Book Synopsis Perspectives on Water Usage for Biofuels Production by : Muhammad Arshad
Download or read book Perspectives on Water Usage for Biofuels Production written by Muhammad Arshad and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-24 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book integrates the fundamental factors that determine current and future impacts of biofuels production on water supply and demand in the context of climatic changes. The effects of biofuels production on ground water quality with increasing water scarcity are examined, and the utilization of water sources in the commercial scale production of biofuels are sketched, covering the complete route from growing of crops to biorefinery. Biofuel's chemical composition, characteristics and uses as fuel in terms of water consumption are also investigated. Overall, the diversity of biomass, various technological approaches and microbial contribution are reviewed. Learning objectives on this topic are presented by means of a series of tables and figures in order to guide both professionals and students. The present manuscript deals with biofuel and bioenergy courses and is therefore invaluable to students. The book provides thorough coverage of all industrial aspects of biofuels production, including impacts of climate change and water availability. It will play vital role for industry employees involved in product development, production management, quality management and helpful source to those studying for professional qualification. Academics involved in teaching elements of the subject and persons involved in an environment regulatory capacity would be able to take advantage from this book.
