IEA Bioenergy Workshop - Governing sustainability in biomass supply chains for the bioeconomy

Securing a sustainable supply of biomass is one of the key issues for deploying biobased energy, but also other biobased products. Given the ample debate on the sustainability of bioenergy and biofuels, it can be expected that similar requirements and governance systems will be discussed for other emerging biobased products, and existing bioeconomy commodities such as food & feed, fibers, timber etc. 
In late 2018, IEA Bioenergy created the new Task 45 on ‘Climate and sustainability effects of bioenergy within the broader bioeconomy’. One of its aims is to identify approaches and implementation strategies for sustainable cross-sectoral supply-chain management, together with many partners.
This workshop kicked-off this work and presents an overview of what relevant sustainability governance already exists and what more may be needed, and how collaboration of policy and market actors across sectors as well as civil society could support a sustainable bioeconomy. 

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