Media Release from the Biomass Working Group at the Bonn Climate Conference on June 6th 2023. Download it here. Funding the burning of forest wood at scale in biomass energy generators, is a prime example of the least effective and most destructive way to deploy forests to combat climate change, according to the Forests, Climate […]
Read More[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”] A peculiarity of UNFCCC and IPCC carbon accounting and reporting methodology is leading to unfair attribution of emissions from large-scale bioenergy. What is emerging, is an unintentional but concerning […]
Read MoreNational and international organisations demand the end of subsidies for burning forest biomass in pulp mills in Portugal A report released on the International day of Forests (21st March) exposes the impacts of burning huge quantities of wood in power plants attached to Portugal’s pulp mills each year. This has implications for tackling wildfires in […]
Read MoreThis week members of EPN’s Biomass Working Group are attending COP27 in Egypt, to alert global leaders to the fact that the proliferation of biomass as a source of energy is having unacceptably high social and environmental costs around the world. In particular, they are shining a spotlight on the impacts of the biomass industry […]
Read MoreA worldwide network of environmental groups take a stand against large scale Forest Biomass burning to produce energy, a False Climate Solution. Sydney/Hobart/Tokyo/Kathmandu/Jakarta/London/Berlin/Lisbon/Atlanta and more, 21st October 2022 – Leading up to COP27, a network of more than 190 non-government organisations worldwide took action on the International Day of Action on Biomass – to highlight […]
Read MoreA eucalyptus plantation in South Africa. Photo Credit: Wally Menne, Timberwatch. Statement by the Africa Biomass Group, part of EPN’s Forests, Climate and Biomass Working Group, and Global Forest Coalition member organisations in Africa. September 21st is the International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations, when organisations around the world raise awareness about the impacts […]
Read MoreOn 21st of October 2022, EPN’s Forest, Climate and Biomass Working Group coordinated an international day of action to expose the environmental and social impacts of big biomass globally. The day was a collaborative effort between groups all around the world, who took part by holding webinars, organising protests, doing banner drops, publishing reports, handing […]
Read MoreHow is it that governments are encouraging the biomass industry to burn huge amounts of wood from forests as a “climate solution”, when it is a scientific fact that burning wood emits at least as much carbon as coal per unit of energy produced, and usually more? Something has gone badly awry. What is it […]
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