New Report Exposes Massive Expansion and Serious Detrimental Impacts of Global Biomass Industry Misleadingly Defined as “Renewable” Download the Threat Map 2 page explanatory graphic A new report “Burning up the Biosphere: A Global Threat Map of Biomass Energy Development” released by the Biomass Action Network of EPN International reveals that, according to the IEA’s […]
Read MoreWritten by Simone Lovera, Biomass Action Network Now that it is Action Time for biodiversity policy makers, who are coming together for the first time since the adoption of the historic Global Biodiversity Framework in 2022 at the 16th Conference of the Parties of the Biodiversity Convention, the big question on the table is: “Do […]
Read MoreBlog post by Peg Putt and Simone Lovera (Biomass Action Network) As we organise a push to highlight the appalling impacts of Big Biomass energy and seek change at COP 29, here is an update on key issues and events at the UN Climate Convention and the outlook for the next big meeting of Parties […]
Read More[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] Image by Heartwood Visuals A big thank you to all who took part in the international day of action on big biomass on the 21st of October 2024! The event saw […]
Read MoreThis new briefing from the Biomass Action Network (BAN) draws attention to the unacceptable acceleration of burning wood together with coal as a so-called form of abatement of fossil fuel emissions. The majority of this wood comes directly from forests. As Parties from the UNFCCC wrap up in Bonn this week and formulate their Nationally […]
Read MorePhoto: Drax wood pellet mill in Smithers, B.C., Canada Feb. 2022, photo credits to Bulkley Valley Stewardship Coalition by Ruairi Brogan, RSPB, United Kingdom, and active member of the Biomass Action Network team at the climate talks Question: Which source has the biggest share of renewable energy in OECD countries primary energy mix? Answer: […]
Read MoreThe mid year UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn takes place 3 June – 13 June 2024 and EPN Biomass Action Network is represented there by several network members. Once again we are bringing opposition to biomass burning as a climate solution to the UNFCCC. A group of campaigners from our network are attending the […]
Read MoreThe meetings of the Subsidiary Bodies to the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) that took place in May in Nairobi ended in disarray, as Parties ended up in polarized discussions
about financial resources and other means of implementation for the historic Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) that was adopted in December 2022. As a
result, no agreement was reached on many issues.
– FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Big biomass appears in an invisibility cloak in the COP28 decision COP28 decision text heightens concern over big biomass energy expansion, its high carbon emissions and community impacts. 13 December, 2023 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Concerns about the dramatic escalation of big biomass energy have […]
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