Biomass Energy, Forests and Climate Library

Pressurising the financiers of the wood biomass industry

A webinar for campaigners: “Pressurising the financiers of the wood biomass industry” - a presentation of new data and how to use it.

Mettre la pression sur les financiers de la filière biomasse bois

Un webinaire pour les militants : « Pressuriser les financiers de la filière biomasse bois » - une présentation des nouvelles données et comment les utiliser.

Presurizar a las financieras de la industria de la biomasa de la madera.

Un seminario web para activistas: "Presionar a los financiadores de la industria de la biomasa de madera": una presentación de nuevos datos y cómo usarlos.

L’industrie de la biomasse – Une nouvelle forme de colonialisme?

Un webinaire explorant les règles injustes de comptabilisation du carbone qui permettent que la responsabilité des émissions de carbone de la biomasse incombe aux pays producteurs plutôt qu'aux pays consommateurs.

The Impact of APSD Plantations on Communities in Atebubu

Civic Response, around 2016, during a community forest forum in the then Atebubu District now Atebubu-Amantin Municipal District had information that a company Known as African Plantation for Sustainable Development (APSD), a Norwegian company, had acquired 42,000 hectares of land with 50 years lease at Atebubu in the Bono East Region of Ghana. The company intended to plant eucalyptus on 22,000 hectares of the acquired land to power a 60 megawatts biomass power plant in the district by 2021.

The company intended to produce 600 megawatts of power in the long term which according to APSD, will require 180,000 hectares of land in the district for eucalyptus plantation development.

In November 2016, Civic Response issued a report which stated that APSD’s plantation development approach was not socially, economically, and environmentally friendly.

In 2022, Civic Response went back to the community to assess the impact of the APSD plantation on the locals. Community members recount incidents of physical abuse, invasion of privacy, harassment, unpaid wages, loss of livelihood as well as failed promises.

Decarbonisation in Chile: From Coal to Biomass – A false Solution

Engie Coal to Biomass Power Plant Conversion Project in Mejillones, Chile expose the worrisome trend of converting coal-fired thermoelectric plants to biomass burning, destroying huge areas of forest that capture CO2 and generating additional emissions in feedstock transportation.

ESCARBONIZACIÓN EN CHILE DESDE EL CARBÓN A LA BIOMASA: UNA FALSA SOLUCIÓN

Los planes de Engie en Chile evidencian la preocupante amenaza de convertir las termoeléctricas a carbón hacia la quema de biomasa, destruyendo enormes superficies de bosques que capturan CO2 y generando emisiones adicionales en su transporte.

The Industrialisation of forest-based bioenergy and its impacts on women and other forest dependent peoples

The briefing makes recommendations for how the Nepalese Government can protect Nepal’s forests from exploitation by the bioenergy industry and ensure the rightsof forest-dependent people and communities.

Burning forests in the name of clean energy? How banks are failing to exclude the harmful wood biomass industry from finance

Commercial banks have a key role to play in financing a rapid and just energy transition. It is their lending decisions in the energy sector that decide whether capital is allocated to continuing our reliance on fossil fuels, or for energy solutions that create a solid fundament for a just and sustainable economy. The largescale use of wood biomass for power generation is no such solution.