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Building the Policy Ecosystem in Europe for Cultivation and Use of Perennial Biomass Crops
Authors
Efi Alexopoulou
Stefano Amaducci
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Larisa Andronic
Christopher Ashman
Danny Awty-Carroll
Rakesh Bhatia
Lutz Breuer
John Clifton-Brown
Salvatore Cosentino
William Cracroft-Eley
Iain Donnison
Berien Elbersen
Andrea Ferrarini
Judith Ford
Andreas Gattinger
Karolina Golicz
Jörg Greef
Astley Hastings
Julie Ingram
Elaine Jensen
Kasperczyk,
Andreas Kiese
Uwe Kuhn
Iris Lewandowski
Elena Magenau
Jon McCalmont
Heike Meyer
Michal Mos
Donal Murphy-Bokern
Martin Petrick
Marta Pogrzeba
Ralf Pude
Carmen Retzler
Paul Robson
Rebecca L Rowe
Anatolii Sandu
Anja Schmitt
Kai-Uwe Schwarz
Danilo Scordia
Jonathan Scurlock
Anita Shepherd
Judith Thornton
Luisa M Trindade
Sylvia Vetter
Moritz von Cossel
Moritz Wagner
Jeanette Whitaker
Toshihiko Yamada
Publication date
29 September 2023
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Abstract
Perennial biomass crops (PBCs) can potentially contribute to all ten Common Agricultural Policy (2023-27) objectives and up to eleven of the seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals. This paper discusses interlinked issues that must be considered in the expansion of PBC production: i) available land; ii) yield potential; iii) integration into farming systems; iv) research and development requirements; v) utilisation options; and vi) market systems and the socio-economic environment. The challenge to create development pathways that are acceptable for all actors, relies on measurement, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions reduction in combination with other environmental, economic and social aspects. This paper makes the following policy recommendations to enable greater PBC deployment: 1) incentivise farmers and land managers through specific policy measures, including carbon pricing, to allocate their less productive and less profitable land for uses which deliver demonstrable greenhouse gas reductions; 2) enable greenhouse gas mitigation markets to develop and offer secure contracts for commercial developers of verifiable low carbon bioenergy and bio-products; 3) support innovation in biomass utilisation value chains; and 4) continue long-term, strategic research and development and education for positive environmental, economic and social sustainability impacts. © 2023 ETA-Florence Renewable Energies
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