Resources, Conservation and Recycling Volume 53, Issue 8, June 2009, Pages 434-447 doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2009.03.013 | How to Cite or Link Using DOI Cited By in Scopus (56)   Permissions & Reprints Energy- and greenhouse gas-based LCA of biofuel and bioenergy systems: Key issues, ranges and recommendations Francesco Cherubinia, , , Neil D. Birda, Annette Cowieb, Gerfried Jungmeiera, Bernhard Schlamadingerc, 1, Susanne Woess-Gallascha Purchase a Joanneum Research, Elisabethstraße 5, 8010 Graz, Austria b Forest Resources Research, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, P.O. Box 100, Beecroft 2119, Australia c TerraCarbon, Dr. Eckenerstraße 21b, 8043 Graz, Austria Received 21 July 2008; revised 19 December 2008; Accepted 3 March 2009. Available online 7 May 2009. Abstract With increasing use of biomass for energy, questions arise about the validity of bioenergy as a means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on fossil fuels. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a methodology able to reveal these environmental and energy performances, but results may differ even for apparently similar bioenergy systems. Differences are due to several reasons: type and management of raw materials, conversion technologies, end-use technologies, system boundaries and reference energy system with which the bioenergy chain is compared. Based on review of published papers and elaboration of software data concerning greenhouse gas and energy balances of bioenergy, other renewable and conventional fossil systems, this paper discusses key issues in bioenergy system LCA. These issues have a strong influence on the final results but are often overlooked or mishandled in most of the studies available in literature. The article addresses the following aspects: recognition of the biomass carbon cycle, including carbon stock changes in biomass and soil over time; inclusion of nitrous oxide and methane emissions from agricultural activities; selection of the appro

Journal of Cleaner Production Volume 16, Issue 15, October 2008, Pages 1699-1710 Sustainability and Supply Chain Management doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2008.04.020 | How to Cite or Link Using DOI Cited By in Scopus (86)   Permissions & Reprints From a literature review to a conceptual framework for sustainable supply chain management Stefan Seuringa, , , Martin Müllerb,  Purchase a Department of International Management, Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, University of Kassel, 37213 Witzenhausen, Germany b Department of Business Administration, Carl von Ossietzky-University of Oldenburg, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany Available online 12 June 2008. Abstract Academic and corporate interest in sustainable supply chain management has risen considerably in recent years. This can be seen by the number of papers published and in particular by journal special issues. To establish the field further, the purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it offers a literature review on sustainable supply chain management taking 191 papers published from 1994 to 2007 into account. Second, it offers a conceptual framework to summarize the research in this field comprising three parts. As starting point related triggers are identified. This allows putting forward two distinct strategies: (1) supplier management for risks and performance, and (2) supply chain management for sustainable products. It is evident that research is still dominated by green/environmental issues. Social aspects and also the integration of the three dimensions of sustainability are still rare. Both practitioners in companies and academics might find the review useful, as it outlines major lines of research in the field. Further, it discusses specific features of sustainable supply chains as well as limitations of existing research; this should stimulate further research. Keywords: Supply chain management; Sustainability; Sustainable supply chains; Literature review; Conceptual framework; Environmenta

Journal of Environmental Management Volume 91, Issue 1, October 2009, Pages 1-21 doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.06.018 | How to Cite or Link Using DOI Cited By in Scopus (73)   Permissions & Reprints Review Recent developments in Life Cycle Assessment Göran Finnvedena, , , Michael Z. Hauschildb, , Tomas Ekvallc, , Jeroen Guinéed, , Reinout Heijungsd, , Stefanie Hellwege, , Annette Koehlere, , David Penningtonf, , Sangwon Suhg,  Purchase a Division of Environmental Strategies Research - fms, Department of Urban Planning and Environment, School of Architecture and the Built Environment, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden b Department of Management Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Produktionstorvet 424, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark c IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, PO Box 5302, SE-400 14 Göteborg, Sweden d Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, PO Box 9518, 2300 RA, The Netherlands e ETH Zurich, Institute of Environmental Engineering, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland f European Commission, Directorate General Joint Research Centre (JRC), Institute of Environment and Sustainability (IES), Ispra, Italy g Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resource Sciences, 1390 Eckles Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA Received 11 October 2008; revised 22 May 2009; Accepted 19 June 2009. Available online 29 August 2009. Abstract Life Cycle Assessment is a tool to assess the environmental impacts and resources used throughout a product's life cycle, i.e., from raw material acquisition, via production and use phases, to waste management. The methodological development in LCA has been strong, and LCA is broadly applied in practice. The aim of this paper is to provide a review of recent developments of LCA methods. The focus is on some areas where there has been an intense methodological development during the last years. We also highlight some

Hertel, T.W., W.E. Tyner and D.K. Birur, (2010). "Global Impacts of Biofuels", Energy Journal, 31(1):75-100. Simon, Delphine; Tyner, Wallace E.; and Jacquet, Florence. "Economic Analysis of the Potential of Cellulosic Biomass Available in France from Agricultural Residue and Energy Crops." Bioenergy Research (2010) 3:183-193. Taheripour, Farzad, and Tyner, Wallace E. "Biofuels, Policy Options, and Their Implications: Analyses Using Partial and General Equilibrium Approaches." In Handbook of Bioenergy Economics and Policy, edited by Madhu Khanna, Jurgen Scheffran, and David Zilberman, Springer, 2010, pp.365-83. Tyner, Wallace E. "Comparison of the US and EU approaches to stimulating biofuels." Biofuels Vol. 1, No. 1 (2010), pp. 19-21. Taheripour F., T. Hertel, W. Tyner, J. Beckman, and D. Birur. "Biofuels and their By-Products: Global Economic and Environmental Implications," Biomass and Bioenergy 34 (2010), pp.278-89. Tyner, Wallace E., and Daniela Viteri. "Implications of Blending Limits on the US Ethanol and Biofuels Markets." Biofuels 1(2) (2010), pp.251-53. Tyner, Wallace E. "Cellulosic Biofuels Market Uncertainties and Government Policy." Biofuels 1(3) (2010), pp. 389-91. Tyner, Wallace E.; Taheripour, Farzad; Zhuang, Qianlai; Birur; Baldos, Uris. "Land Use Changes and Consequent CO2 Emissions Due to US Corn Ethanol Production: A Comprehensive Analysis." Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, July 2010. Report to Argonne National Laboratory. Tyner, Wallace E. "What Drives Changes in Commodity Prices? Is it Biofuels?" Biofuels 1(4) (2010), pp. 535-37. Tyner, Wallace E., Farzad Taheripour, and David Perkis. "Comparison of Fixed versus Variable Biofuels Incentives." Energy Policy 38 (2010) 5530-5540. "The Economics of Harvesting Corn Cobs for Energy" Matthew J. Erickson and Wallace E. Tyner, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University (ID-417-W) 2009 Papers Agrawal, Rakesh; Singh, Navneet R.; R

Plano de Produção e Consumo Sustentáveis - PPCS Escrito em 14.10.2011 por Equipe GreenNation O primeiro ciclo do plano interministerial, de 2012 a 2014, será financiado pelo Programa das Nações Unidas para o Meio Ambiente (Pnuma), que entrará com R$ 3,5 milhões, e pelo Plano Plurianual (PPA), que reservou R$ 1 milhão para o PPCS. Seguindo exemplos de iniciativas voluntárias em curso no país e dos grupos de trabalho da logística reversa no Ministério do Meio Ambiente (MMA), que o coordenará, o PPCS prevê a criação e fortalecimento de pactos setoriais nas áreas do varejo e da construção civil. Segundo Fernanda Daltro, gerente de produção e consumo sustentáveis do MMA, os pactos estabelecerão metas para a ampliação do uso de produtos mais sustentáveis nas cadeias de negócios. Para o primeiro ciclo do PPCS, haverá seis prioridades: aumento da taxa de reciclagem; educação para o consumo sustentável; fortalecimento da agenda ambiental na administração pública; compras públicas sustentáveis; construções sustentáveis; e varejo e consumo sustentáveis. No plano normativo, o plano contemplará a assinatura de um decreto presidencial sobre compras públicas sustentáveis na administração federal para conferir maior solidez à política lançada por uma instrução normativa do Ministério do Planejamento em janeiro de 2011. Luciana Betiol, coordenadora do programa de consumo sustentável do Centro de Estudos em Sustentabilidade da Fundação Getúlio Vargas (Gvces), adverte que o governo federal precisa criar instrumentos efetivos para que o PPCS provoque uma mudança mais significativa nos padrões de consumo. Entre outros instumentos, Betiol sublinha os incentivos fiscais para a venda de produtos mais sustentáveis. Isenções parciais ou totais de impostos evitam perda de competitividade para produtos que utilizem componentes recicláveis ou renováveis. Com a finalidade de ampliar o debate no Brasil sobre consumo consciente, o

Environmentalists have much to despair about when it comes to the current lack of urgency surrounding the fight against climate change. Cowed by recession and chastened by over-reach in the run-up to the 2009 Copenhagen talks, policy-makers have de-emphasised global warming as a pressing issue and, in the US particularly, efforts to rein in greenhouse gas emissions appear to have gone into reverse. This loss of focus undoubtedly affects investors - especially opportunistic ones looking for the next investment theme to make them money. While media interest and politicians' soundbites do not make an investment case, they do generate interest and at least encourage investors to explore 'sexy' new areas such as alternative energy, low-carbon transport or carbon trading. Their absence matters. So it is heartening to see two initiatives that provide evidence that institutional investors are increasingly concerned about climate change, and which will also serve to accelerate the integration of environmental analysis into the investment 'mainstream'. The first is the news that rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) is to begin systematically integrating climate risk into all its corporate bond ratings. The outcome will be a carbon exposure figure expressed in dollars or euros of earnings - a purely financial metric designed with clear relevance to fixed income investors. Of course, for most companies, that figure will not be material at present - and Michael Wilkins, the S&P managing director leading the initiative, acknowledges that the move will not lead to a slew of 'rating actions' over the next year or so. But S&P is getting ready for when "carbon policy is going to bite hard". Meanwhile, investment consultancy Mercer has released a landmark report - The Impact of Climate Change on Strategic Asset Allocation - intended to guide institutional investors as they seek to manage the risks and exploit the opportunities presented by the issue

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Using planetary science to shape economics By Oliver Greenfield - Green Economy Coalition - September, 2011 Six big ideas for a green infrastructure capable of protecting people and future generations Economic theory (and common sense) tells us that when something is valuable, and it is free, its use tends to infinity - this explains why trees, biodiversity, freshwater and atmospheric space for carbon are all being used 'like there is no tomorrow'. It also assumes that when something is exhausted (or too expensive), a substitute is almost certain to be found. Economic theory then takes this substitution concept up to a macro level and thinks of the 'trade-off' between environment and economy. The logic is that we can have 'more environment' if we are prepared to put up with 'less economy', or we can have 'less environment' if we want a bigger economy. The traditional economic world view that dominates the political spectrum is based on infinite resources, substitution, and ultimately this trade-off between environment and economy. If the rationale behind our economic system is based on some of these assumptions, then it seems fitting for us to explore whether the planet can indeed support these assumptions. Let us take a quick journey into planetary science. Back to basics Gravitational forces, generated both by the earth orbiting the sun and the moon orbiting the planet, create movement and flow of magma, collision of tectonic plates and surfacing of minerals. These minerals are weathered and distributed across the earth's surface, primarily by water. The constant heating and cooling created by the earth's rotation accelerates the chemical reactions between newly released minerals (soils and rocks) and atmospheric gases. These chemical reactions are the pool from which life emerged, creating single cells capable of using minerals and energy from the sun to photosynthesise; generating proteins for their own growth, and respiring to br

Welcome to the Environmental Economics Research Hub The goal of the Environmental Economics Research Hub is to address Australia's major environmental management challenges with integrated economic research that provides immediate and continuing policy impacts. It brings together leading environmental economists, scientists, educators and policy makers to face the challenges of sustainable water use, soil loss and salinity, biodiversity loss and adaptation to climate change. EERH is proudly associated with the Australian Centre for Biosecurity and Environmental Economics (AC BEE), the Centre for Water Economics, Environment and Policy (CWEEP), and the Centre for Climate Economics & Policy (CCEP).

Working papers Who Should Bear the Cost of China's Carbon Emissions Embodied in Goods for Exports?, ZhongXiang Zhang East-West Center, September 2011, CCEP Working Paper 1114 Financing Adaptation to Climate-Induced Retreat from Coastal Inundation and Erosion, Leo Dobes and Bruce Chapman, September 2011, CCEP Working Paper 1113 Australia's carbon pricing strategies in a global context, Harry Clarke and Robert Waschik, August 2011, CCEP Working Paper 1112 Where in the world is it cheapest to cut carbon emissions? Ranking countries by total and marginal cost of abatement, David I. Stern, John C. V. Pezzey, and N. Ross Lambie, August 2011, CCEP Working Paper 1111 Five perspectives on an emerging market: Challenges with clean tech private equity, Eric R. W. Knight, August 2011, CCEP Working Paper 1110 Green fiscal policy and climate mitigation in Indonesia, Budy P. Resosudarmo and Abdurohman, August 2011, CCEP Working Paper 1109 Challenges in mitigating Indonesia's CO2 emission: The importance of managing fossil fuel combustion, Budy P. Resosudarmo, Frank Jotzo, Arief A, Yusuf, and Ditya A. Nurdianto, August 2011, CCEP Working Paper 1108 Nordhaus, Stern, and Garnaut: The changing case for climate change mitigation, Stephen Howes, Frank Jotzo, and Paul Wyrwoll, July 2011, CCEP Working Paper 1107 How many jobs is 23,510, really? Recasting the mining job loss debate, Bruce Chapman and Kiatanantha Lounkaew, July 2011, CCEP Working Paper 1106 Price floors in emissions trading to reduce policy related investment risks: An Australian view, Frank Jotzo and Steve Hatfield-Dodds, May 2011, CCEP Working Paper 1105 Carbon pricing that builds consensus and reduces Australia's emissions: Managing uncertainties using a rising fixed price evolving to emissions trading, Frank Jotzo, March 2011, CCEP Working Paper 1104 Inequality, communication and the avoidance of disastrous climate change, Alessandro Tavoni, Astrid Dannenberg, Giorgos Kallis and Andreas Löschel, March 2011,

Invention and Transfer of Environmental Technologies Send Print   ISBN: 9789264115613 Release:28 September 2011   Inducing environmental innovation is a significant challenge to policy-makers. Efforts to design public policies that address these issues are motivated by the fact that innovations can allow for improved environmental quality at lower cost. However, the relationship between environmental policy and technological innovation remains an area in which empirical evidence is scant.  Increased attention should be paid to the design characteristics of public policies that are likely to affect the 'type' of innovation induced.    The work presented in this book is brought together in five substantive chapters: environmental policy design characteristics and their role in inducing innovation, the role of public policies (including multilateral agreements) in encouraging transfer of environmental technologies, followed by three 'sectoral' studies of innovation in alternative fuel vehicles, solid waste management and recycling, and green (sustainable) chemistry. While particular focus has been placed on the role of environmental policy in bringing about the innovation documented, it is recognised that other factors play a key role in inducing innovation which has positive environmental implications.   Table of contents Foreword Executive Summary Chapter 1. Environmental Policy Design Characteristics and Innovation Chapter 2. Environmental Policy, Multilateral Environmental Agreements and International Markets for Innovation Chapter 3. Innovation in Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies: The Role of Prices, Standards and R&D Chapter 4. Diverting Waste: The Role of Innovation Chapter 5. Innovation in Selected Areas of Green Chemistry Chapter 6. Policy Conclusions Annex A. Methodological Issues in the Development of Indicators of Innovation and Transfer in Environmental Technologies Annex B. Patent Search Strategies Annex C. Glossary of Releva