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The development of modern high efficiency bioenergy technologies has the potential to improve energy security and access while reducing environmental impacts and stimulating low-carbon development. While modern bioenergy production is increasing in the world, it still makes a small contribution to our energy matrix. At present, approximately 87% of energy demand is…

Projected land demands for bioenergy fall well within conservative estimates of current and future land availability (240 to 905 Mha). Estimates for the amount of modern bioenergy needed to meaningfully mitigate climate change range from 80 to 200 EJ in the 2050 timeframe. At the upper end of this range, we estimate that about 200 million hectares would be required. This may be compared…

Climate change is one of the greatest threats to human rights of our generation, posing a serious risk to the fundamental rights to life, health, food and an adequate standard of living of individuals and communities across the world. This report aims to support government and private decision makers by assessing the relationship between climate change and human rights law. While the United…

The main components, expected results, actions and activities, and governance were overall agreed by workshop participants. It was agreed that Global Soil Partnership (GSP) Secretariat will produce a final clean version of the plan taking up all those agreed elements. This version will be send back to INSII members for their final consideration.. It is expected that any final comment shall not…

In order to be able to address the challenges represented by the wide range of issues contained in the 17 SDGs and their 169 targets, it will be necessary to call upon the managerial capacities of businesspeople and their teams. Simultaneously, these challenges represent an opportunity to offer services that respond to new demands and markets. We are experiencing a time of change and there…

Climate change is increasingly viewed as a security issue. In 2007, a report by the CNA Corporation Military Advisory Board generated broad attention for analyzing climate change as a matter of national and international security. The latest CNA report of 2014 concludes that climate change poses a risk to national security and accelerates global political conflicts. See references to all chapters…