GBEP Newsletter n.8 - 1 July=20 2010

	G8=20 Leaders commit to adopt sustainability criteria and = indicators=20 as well as to agree on capacity building activities in = GBEP The recent G8 Summit held in Muskoka, = Canada,=20 renewed the Global Bioenergy Partnership=E2=80=99s = mandate, calling=20 for it to move forward in defining its sustainability = criteria=20 and indicators and work on capacity building. In their = final=20 communiqu=C3=A9, the summit leaders said they = recognised the=20 potential of bioenergy for sustainable development, = climate=20 change mitigation and energy security. They added: = =E2=80=9CWe welcome=20 the work of the Global Bioenergy Partnership and = commit to=20 facilitating swift adoption of voluntary = sustainability=20 criteria and indicators, as well as on capacity = building=20 activities.=E2=80=9D Click here for full=20 article

	GBEP=20 news roundup: new partners and observers and progress = on task=20 forces GBEP is succeeding in attracting an = ever=20 greater number of countries and international = organisations to=20 become partners =E2=80=93 with the total number now at = 33. Another 28=20 take part as observers. This broad participation makes = the=20 GBEP=E2=80=99s work increasingly authoritative and = relevant and means=20 that bioenergy experts and decision-makers worldwide = are=20 contributing to its goals. Click here for full=20 article

	GBEP=20 online resources to help with financing, assessing = bioenergy=20 potential As part of its work towards = creating a new GBEP focus area on financing, capacity = building=20 and technology cooperation for sustainable bioenergy, = two=20 reports were developed by the Secretariat of the = partnership=20 and are now available on the GBEP website that should = provide=20 useful resources for countries and organisations keen = to put=20 bioenergy projects or programmes in=20 action. Click=20 here for full article

	FAO=20 BEFSCI and BEFS project release compilation of = bioenergy=20 sustainability initiatives and analysis on bioenergy = and food=20 security in Tanzania Numerous initiatives = have been=20 developed in recent years to address the environmental = and=20 socio-economic impacts associated with the production = of=20 biofuels or of specific biofuel feedstocks. These = include=20 regulatory frameworks, voluntary standards or = certification=20 schemes, and scorecards. Some cover the entire = biofuels supply=20 chain, while others deal only with parts of it. In = order to=20 provide an overview of these initiatives, the FAO = Bioenergy=20 and Food Security Criteria and Indicators (BEFSCI) = project=20 released a Compilation of Bioenergy Sustainability=20 Initiatives. Meanwhile, the Bioenergy and Food = Security (BEFS)=20 Project released its analysis on Tanzania, = implementing its=20 quantitative and qualitative framework to analyse the=20 interplay between bioenergy and food = security. Click here for full=20 article

	UN=20 report highlights role for energy in promoting = development,=20 task for UN-Energy The UN Secretary-General = Ban=20 Ki-Moon=E2=80=99s Advisory Group on Energy and Climate = Change (AGECC)=20 has released a report, "Energy for a sustainble = future",=20 calling for concerted action on two ambitious but = achievable=20 goals: to ensure universal access to modern energy = services by=20 2030 and to reduce global energy intensity by 40 = percent by=20 2030. This means connecting billions of people to = clean,=20 reliable and affordable energy services while also = producing=20 more goods with less energy =E2=80=93 a crucial = combination for=20 growing economies, encouraging development and = achieving the=20 Millennium Development Goals' anti-poverty=20 targets. Click=20 here for full article

	Global=20 Bioenergy Perspectives: biofuel feedstocks and = invasive=20 species This is the first article in the = Global=20 Bioenergy Perspectives series, which will highlight = reports=20 and papers of focusing on topics of particular = interest in=20 relation to bioenergy. A recent UNEP paper has focused = attention on=20 the risk of adopting invasive species as biofuel = feedstocks=20 without properly assessing and monitoring their impact = on=20 biodiversity.. Click=20 here for full article

	GBEP=20 agenda for the rest of 2010 and other = events A list=20 of upcoming and past GBEP events or which involved = GBEP=20 itslef. Links are provided for programme details and = to=20 download papers or presentations. Click=20 here for full article

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