scholarly journals Indirect land use changes of biofuel production – a review of modelling efforts and policy developments in the European Union

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serina Ahlgren ◽  
Lorenzo Di Lucia
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
European Union ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Biofuel Production ◽  
The European Union

scholarly journals Land-Use Change Impacts from Sustainable Hydropower Production in EU28 Region: An Empirical Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4599
Author(s):  
Mohd Alsaleh ◽  
Muhammad Mansur Abdulwakil ◽  
Abdul Samad Abdul-Rahim
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Land Use ◽  
European Union ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Hydropower Production

Under the current European Union (EU) constitution approved in May 2018, EU countries ought to guarantee that estimated greenhouse-gas releases from land use, land-use change, or forestry are entirely compensated by an equivalent accounted removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air during the period between 2021 and 2030. This study investigates the effect of sustainable hydropower production on land-use change in the European Union (EU28) region countries during 1990–2018, using the fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS). The results revealed that land-use change incline with an increase in hydropower energy production. In addition, economic growth, carbon dioxide emissions, and population density are found to be increasing land-use changes, while institutional quality is found to be decreasing land-use change significantly. The finding implies that land-use change in EU28 region countries can be significantly increased by mounting the amount of hydropower energy production to achieve Energy Union aims by 2030. This will finally be spread to combat climate change and environmental pollution. The findings are considered robust as they were checked with DOLS and pooled OLS. The research suggests that the EU28 countries pay attention to the share of hydropower in their renewable energy combination to minimize carbon releases. Politicians and investors in the EU28 region ought to invest further in the efficiency and sustainability of hydropower generation to increase its production and accessibility without further degradation of forest and agricultural conditions. The authorities of the EU28 region should emphasize on efficiency and sustainability of hydropower energy with land-use management to achieve the international commitments for climate, biodiversity, and sustainable development, reduce dependence on fossil fuel, and energy insecurity.

scholarly journals Mapping land use changes resulting from biofuel production and the effect of mitigation measures

GCB Bioenergy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 804-824 ◽  
Author(s):  
Floor van der Hilst ◽  
Judith A. Verstegen ◽  
Geert Woltjer ◽  
Edward M. W. Smeets ◽  
Andre P. C. Faaij
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Biofuel Production ◽  
Mitigation Measures

scholarly journals Biofuels and land-use changes: searching for the top model

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andre M. Nassar ◽  
Leila Harfuch ◽  
Luciane C. Bachion ◽  
Marcelo R. Moreira
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Biofuel Production ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Green House Gas ◽  
Biofuel Policies

The use of agricultural-based biofuels has expanded. Discussions on how to assess green house gas (GHG) emissions from biofuel policies, specifically on (non-observed) land-use change (LUC) effects involve two main topics: (i) the limitations on the existing methodologies, and (ii) how to isolate the effects of biofuels. This paper discusses the main methodologies currently used by policy-makers to take decisions on how to quantify LUCs owing to biofuel production expansion. It is our opinion that the concerns regarding GHG emissions associated with LUCs should focus on the agricultural sector as a whole rather than concentrating on biofuel production. Actually, there are several limitations of economic models and deterministic methodologies for simulating and explaining LUCs resulting from the expansion of the agricultural sector. However, it is equally true that there are avenues of possibilities to improve models and make them more accurate and precise in order to be used for policy-making. Models available need several improvements to reach perfection. Any top model requires a concentration of interdisciplinary designers in order to replicate empirical evidence and capture correctly the agricultural sector dynamics for different countries and regions. Forgetting those limitations means that models will be used for the wrong purposes.

scholarly journals Dynamics of the land use, land use change, and forestry sink in the European Union: the impacts of energy and climate targets for 2030

2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 253-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Frank ◽  
Hannes Böttcher ◽  
Mykola Gusti ◽  
Petr Havlík ◽  
Ger Klaassen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
European Union ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Climate Targets

scholarly journals METHODOLOGY OF ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY LAND USE REGULATION

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Yekel
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
European Union ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Business Development ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Sales Channels ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social ◽  
Manufactured Products

The article presents the methodology of regulation of environmentally friendly land use. We found that the methodology for regulating environmentally friendly land use will include several levels: international legislation, state regulation, the level of integrated structures, agricultural enterprises. A number of tasks to be solved by the methodology of regulating ecologically safe land use have been identified. It is established that the methodology of agroeconomic research of regulation of ecologically safe land use will include: assessment of natural and ecological properties of land use, economic, technological and social components. In the current conditions of making, a profit is not the only and ultimate goal of the producer. Much more important today is the preservation of the natural environment and the development of the social sphere. In order to integrate into the trade space of the European Union, the manufacturer must think about the quality of manufactured products. It is under such conditions that the production of environmentally friendly products began. For effective business development in the field of this business, it is necessary to establish relations with local authorities and develop a regulatory framework that will contribute to the formation of effective sales channels and promotion of products among the population. In the current conditions of making a profit is not the only and ultimate goal of the producer. Much more important today is the preservation of the natural environment and the development of the social sphere. In order to integrate into the trade space of the European Union, the manufacturer must think about the quality of manufactured products. It is under such conditions that the production of environmentally friendly products began. For effective business development in the field of this business, it is necessary to establish relations with local authorities and develop a regulatory framework that will contribute to the formation of effective sales channels and promotion of products among the population. The methodology of regulation of environmentally friendly land use should solve the following tasks.

scholarly journals Observing European Union Rejection of Indonesia's Crude Palm Oil Exports from the Most Favored Nation and Quantitative Restriction Principles

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 905
Author(s):  
Atik KRUSTIYATI ◽  
Sylvia JANISRIWATI ◽  
Novela CHRISTINE ◽  
Mokhamad Khoirul HUDA
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
European Union ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Crude Palm Oil ◽  
Most Favored Nation ◽  
Quantitative Restriction ◽  
Indirect Land Use Change

Crude palm oil is one of the main commodities exported by Indonesia to several countries, including European Union. The European Union has pushed through several laws regarding climate change, including the Renewable Energy Directive II. The regulation supplementing the Renewable Energy Directive II has also been adopted by the European Commission, making the criteria for determining the high indirect land-use change-risk feedstock in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807. The objective of this paper is to observe if the measure taken by European Union on determining the indirect land-use change-risk feedstock has satisfied the existing WTO trade principles, the principle of most favored nation and the principle of quantitative restriction. The determining criteria in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807 is trade restrictive and discriminating to the export of crude palm oil, as crude palm oil is the only feedstock that falls under the criteria of high indirect land-use change-risk feedstock. The regulation has impact for the consumption of crude palm oil in Member states of European Union should be gradually reduced 0% by 2030 at the latest.  As the provision on General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade embodies the principle of non-discrimination, the result of the study shows the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807 has violated the international trade principles. Furthermore, the general exceptions of GATT 1994 contained in Article XX (b) also doesn’t justify the measure.

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