In the Philippines, the seventh annual Bioenergy Week of the Global Bioenergy Partnership provided an opportunity for the U.S. Grains Council to highlight how the government and private industry in the Philippines cooperate to promote ethanol to a delegation of sugar-based ethanol producers from India. While in the Philippines, the Indian delegation had side meetings […]
In Ghana, ECREEE collaborated with the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) and hosted the 5th GBEP Bioenergy Week in the ECOWAS region in Accra, Ghana (5th ECOWAS/GBEP Bioenergy Week) to provide an opportunity to share knowledge and experience with the ECOWAS member states and the global community in sustainable bioenergy service delivery for increasing energy access while […]
In Italy, IEA Bioenergy and the Global Bioenergy Partnership have published the “Examples of Positive Bioenergy and Water Relationships,” which includes examples that illustrate an encouraging variety both in terms of bioenergy systems and geographical distribution, and shows how solutions can be found that produce bioenergy while contributing positively to the state of water. These […]
In Italy, the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) has congratulated FAO for releasing the findings of its sustainability assessment of the bioenergy sector in Colombia and Indonesia. The report utilized GBEP indicators, and FAO is exploring opportunities to replicate the implementation of the indicators in reports on additional countries. GBEP also announced that they have named […]
In Mozambique, the 2nd annual Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) Bioenergy Week was held last week to facilitate cooperation for developing sustainable, modern bioenergy. The event gathered 150 participants from Latin America, Africa, Southeast Asia and Europe to discuss regulatory and policy frameworks for bioenergy, food security, the integration of family farmers into the bioenergy value […]
In the UN, the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) has released their newsletter, which highlights the organization’s new Working Group on Capacity Building’s efforts to expand capacity of sustainable wood energy development. Additionally, the partnership has tested their GBEP sustainability indicators and will continue to improve upon them according to the results of a commissioned report […]
In Italy, the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) reconfirmed the Chairmanship of Italy and Brazil and by endorsing the forthcoming capacity building activities in Latin America. The Partnership welcomed representatives of the ECOWAS participating as special guests and of Denmark and Zimbabwe as new Observers. The Partnership has launched a bioenergy week to be held in […]
In Italy, the Global Bioenergy Partnership, a government-level organization of 23 countries, has established a set of 24 sustainability guidelines that it will introduce at the upcoming G8 meeting. In addition the Partnership has approved to launch a capacity building initiative that seeks to promote the optimum use of modern bioenergy for sustainable development. The […]
