Bioenergy & Sustainability

This project is a collective effort with contributions from 137 researchers of 82 institutions in 24 countries

One of the project’s outcome is a synthesis of knowledge volume. This is an Ebook with over 700 pages derived from an assessment that included a meeting held at UNESCO, Paris, in December 2013. Experts discussed bioenergy sustainability across its whole lifeline including land use, feedstocks, conversion technologies and the social, environmental and economic impacts of bioenergy expansion in the world.

Background chapters were commissioned to provide context, raise issues, and report on status and technological developments for bioenergy expansion. The cross-cutting chapters represent a selection of topics authors considered the most relevant to enlighten decision-making based on current scientific knowledge on bioenergy. They consider how bioenergy expansion and its impacts perform in the energy security, food security, environmental and climate security, sustainable development and innovation nexus. And most importantly authors highlighted important gaps of knowledge and suggested the science needed to fill them.

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Policy Briefs

The Role of Liquid Biofuels in Accelerating the Sustainable Energy Transition: Lessons Learned for the Sustainable Expansion of Transport Biofuels in Emerging Markets of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. View PDF.

Souza, GM; Souza, GM Netto, P. E. A. Verdade, L. M. Ballester, Maria Victoria R. Cantarella, H. Johnson, Francis X. Ciannella, R. Beckers, T. Bonomi, A. Boroto, R. Cruz, C. H. B. Buckeridge, Marcos S. Chum, Helena Cortez, L. A. B. Maia, R. Diaz-Chavez, Rocio Goldemberg, José Hilbert, Jorge A. Nogueira, L. A. H. Kafarov, V. Kircher, M. Klink, C. Leal, M. R. L. V. Lynd, L. R. Filho, Rubens Maciel , Et Al. ; Sustainable Bioenergy: Latin America And Africa. Policy Brief, V. 1, P. 1-8, 2018.

Souza, G. M., Victoria, R. L., Verdade, L. M., Joly, C. A., Artaxo Netto, P. A., Brito Cruz, C. H., Cantarella, H., Chum, H. L., Cortez, L. A. B., Diaz-Chavez, R., Fernandes, E., Fincher, G. B., Foust, T., Goldemberg, J., Horta Nogueira, L. A., Huntley, B. J., Johnson, F. X., Kaffka, S., Karp, A., Leal, M. R. L. V., Long, S. P., Lynd, L. R., Macedo, I. C., Maciel Filho, R., Nassar, A. M., Nigro, F. E. B., Osseweijer, P., Richard, T. L., Saddler, J. N., Samseth, J., Seebaluck, V., Somerville, C. R., van der Wielen, L., Van Sluys, M.-A. Woods, J., Youngs, H. (2015). Bioenergia e Sustentabilidade. Resumo para Políticas Públicas. SCOPE p. 6 ISSN ISSN 2413-4457.

Glaucia Mendes Souza, Reynaldo L. Victoria, Luciano M. Verdade, Carlos A. Joly, Paulo Eduardo Artaxo Netto, Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Heitor Cantarella, Helena L. Chum, Luis Augusto Barbosa Cortez, Rocio Diaz-Chavez, Erick Fernandes, Geoffrey B. Fincher, Tom Foust, José Goldemberg, Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira, Brian J. Huntley, Francis X. Johnson, Stephen Kaffka, Angela Karp, Manoel Regis L. V. Leal, Stephen P. Long, Lee R. Lynd, Isaias de Carvalho Macedo, Rubens Maciel Filho, André M. Nassar, Francisco E. B. Nigro, Patricia Osseweijer, Tom L. Richard, Jack N. Saddler, Jon Samseth, Vikram Seebaluck, Chris R. Somerville, Luuk van der Wielen, Marie-Anne Van Sluys, Jeremy Woods, Heather Youngs. Bioenergy & Sustainability. Policy Brief. SCOPE, v. 1, p. 6, 2015. ISSN 2411-6149

Books

Cruz, C. H. B. ; Souza, G. M. ; Cantarella, H. ; Van Sluys, Marie-Anne ; Filho, Rubens Maciel. Proalcool 40 anos. Universidades e empresas: 40 anos de ciência e tecnologia para o etanol brasileiro. 1. ed. Blucher, 2016. 223p.

Souza, G. M., Victoria, R., Joly, C. Verdade, L. (Editors). (2015). Bioenergy & Sustainability: Bridging the gaps. SCOPE. Vol.72, p.779. Paris. ISBN 978-2-9545557-0-6

Chapters

Nogueira, Luiz Augusto Horta ; Souza, Gláucia Mendes ; Cortez, Luís Augusto Barbosa ; Brito Cruz, Carlos Henrique de . Biofuels for Transport. Future Energy. 3ed.: Elsevier, 2020, v. , p. 173-197.

Glaucia Mendes Souza, Reynaldo L. Victoria, Luciano M. Verdade, Carlos A. Joly, Paulo Eduardo Artaxo Netto, Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Heitor Cantarella, Helena L. Chum, Luis Augusto Barbosa Cortez, Rocio Diaz-Chavez, Erick Fernandes, Geoffrey B. Fincher, José Goldemberg, Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira, Brian J. Huntley, Francis X. Johnson, Stephen Kaffka, Angela Karp, Manoel Regis L. V. Leal, Stephen P. Long, Lee R. Lynd, Isaias de Carvalho Macedo, Rubens Maciel Filho, André M. Nassar, Francisco E. B. Nigro, Patricia Osseweijer, Tom L. Richards, Jack N. Saddler, Jon Samseth, Vikram Seebaluck, Chris R. Somerville, Luuk van der Wielen, Marie-Anne Van Sluys, Jeremy Woods, and Heather Youngs (2015). SCOPE Bioenergy & Sustainability. Technical Summary. In Bioenergy & Sustainability: bridging the gaps. Eds. Souza, G. M., Victoria, R., Joly, C. Verdade, L. SCOPE vol. 72. pp 8-26. Paris. France. ISBN 978-2-9545557-0-6

Glaucia Mendes Souza, Reynaldo L. Victoria, Luciano M. Verdade, Carlos A. Joly, Paulo Eduardo Artaxo Netto, Heitor Cantarella, Helena L. Chum, Rocio Diaz-Chavez, Erick Fernandes, Geoff Fincher, José Goldemberg, Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira, Brian J. Huntley, Francis X. Johnson, Angela Karp, Manoel Regis L. V. Leal, Lee R. Lynd, Isaias de Carvalho Macedo, Rubens Maciel Filho, Mariana P. Massafera, André M. Nassar, Francisco E. B. Nigro, Patricia Osseweijer, Tom L. Richard, Jack N. Saddler, Jon Samseth, Vikram Seebalucks, Chris R. Somerville, Luuk van der Wielen, Marie-Anne Van Sluys, Jeremy Woods, and Heather Youngs (2015). Bioenergy Numbers. In Bioenergy & Sustainability: bridging the gaps. Eds. Souza, G. M., Victoria, R., Joly, C. Verdade, L. SCOPE vol. 72. pp 22-57. Paris. France. ISBN 978-2-9545557-0-6

Glaucia Mendes Souza, Luciano M. Verdade, Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Stephen Kaffka, Patricia Osseweijer, Chris R. Somerville, and Heather Youngs (2015). The much needed science: filling the gaps for the sustainable bioenergy expansion. In Bioenergy & Sustainability: bridging the gaps. Eds. Souza, G. M., Victoria, R., Joly, C. Verdade, L. SCOPE vol. 72. pp 218-227. Paris. France. ISBN 978-2-9545557-0-6

Related Articles

 
SOLOMON, SUSHIL ; MENDES SOUZA, GLAUCIA ; ROSSETTO, RAFFAELLA ; AGUILAR-RIVERA, NOÉ . Innovation for Sustainability of the Sugar Agro-Industry. Sugar Tech, v. 24, p. 627-629, 2022.
 
CHERUBIN, MAURÍCIO ROBERTO ; CARVALHO, JOÃO LUÍS NUNES ; CERRI, CARLOS EDUARDO PELLEGRINO ; Nogueira, Luiz Augusto Horta ; SOUZA, GLAUCIA MENDES ; CANTARELLA, HEITOR . Land Use and Management Effects on Sustainable Sugarcane-Derived Bioenergy. LAND, v. 10, p. 72, 2021.
 
SCHULTE, LISA A. ; DALE, BRUCE E. ; BOZZETTO, STEFANO ; LIEBMAN, MATT ; Souza, Glaucia M. ; HADDAD, NICK ; RICHARD, TOM L. ; BASSO, BRUNO ; BROWN, ROBERT C. ; HILBERT, JORGE A. ; ARBUCKLE, J. GORDON . Meeting global challenges with regenerative agriculture producing food and energy. NATURE SUSTAINABILITY, v. 2021, p. 827-y, 2021.

N.I. Canabarro, P. Silva-Ortiz, L.A.H. Nogueira, H. Cantarella, R. Maciel-Filho, G.M. Souza, Sustainability assessment of ethanol and biodiesel production in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Guatemala. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 171, 2023, 113019, ISSN 1364-0321, doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.113019.

Cantarella, H., Leal Silva, J. F., Nogueira, L. A. H., Maciel Filho, R., Rossetto, R., Ekbom, T., Souza, G. M., & MuellerLanger, F. (2023). Biofuel technologies: Lessons learned and pathways to decarbonization. GCB Bioenergy, 00, 1–14. doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.13091

Trindade, Sergio C. ; Nogueira, Luiz A. Horta ; Souza, Glaucia M. . Relevance of LACAf biofuels for global sustainability. Biofuels, v. 2019, p. 1-11, 2019.

Goldemberg, José ; Souza, Glaucia Mendes ; Maciel-Filho, Rubens ; Cantarella, Heitor . Scaling up biofuels? A critical look at expectations performance and governance. Energy Policy, v. 118, p. 655-657, 2018.

Souza, Glaucia Mendes; Ballester, Maria Victoria R. ; De Brito Cruz, Carlos Henrique ; Chum, Helena ; Dale, Bruce ; Dale, Virginia H. ; Fernandes, Erick C.F. ; Foust, Tom ; Karp, Angela ; Lynd, Lee ; Maciel, Rubens ; Milanez, Artur ; Nigro, Francisco ; Osseweijer, Patricia ; Verdade, Luciano M. ; Victoria, Reynaldo L. ; Van Der Wielen, Luuk . The role of bioenergy in a climate-changing world. Environmental Development, v. 23, p. 57-64, 2017.

Kline, K. L., Msangi, S., Dale, V. H., Woods, J., Souza, G. M., Osseweijer, P., Clancy, J. S. Hilbert, J. A., Mugera, H. K., McDonnell, P. C., Johnson, F. X. (2016). Reconciling biofuels and food security: priorities for action. GCB-Bioenergy DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12366.

Souza, G. M., Maciel Filho, R. (2016). Industrial Biotechnology and Biomass: Where Next for Brazil's Future Energy and Chemicals? Industrial Biotechnology. doi:10.1089/ind.2015.29016.gms.

Souza, G. M. (2015). Sheding light on bioenergy. Biofuels, bioproducts and biorefining. 9, 338.

Souza, G. M., Ballester, M. V. R., Victoria, R. L., Diaz-Chavez, R. (2015). Editorial note on bioenergy and sustainability—Bridging the gaps. Environmental Development 15, 1-2. doi:10.1016/j.envdev.2015.06.001.

Reports

 
1. SOUZA, GLAUCIA MENDES. Biofuels production and development in New Zealand. IEA Bioenergy TCP Task 39, 2024 (Relatório Internacional). 

2. SOUZA, GLAUCIA M.; MACIEL FILHO, R. ; NOGUEIRA, L. A. H. ; CANTARELLA, H. ; ROSSETTO, R. ; CANABARRO, N. I. ; SILVA-ORTIZ, P. ; SILVA, J. F. L. . Biofuels in Emerging Markets. Potential for sustainable production and consumption. IEA Bioenergy, 2023 (Relatório Internacional). 

3. CANTARELLA, H. ; SOUZA, GLAUCIA ; NOGUEIRA, L. H. ; MACIEL FILHO, R. ; PAIVA, G. C. ; CANABARRO, N. I. ; ORTIZ, P. S. ; EKBOM, T. ; SILVA, J. F. L. . Assessment of successes and lessons learned for biofuels deployment. IEA Bioenergy, 2023 (Relatório Internacional). 

4. SOUZA, GLAUCIA MENDES. Biofuels production and Development in China. : IEA Bioenergy TCP Task 39, 2023 (Relatório Internacional). 

5. SOUZA, GLAUCIA MENDES. Implementation Agendas: Compare-and-Contrast Transport Biofuels Policies (2021-2023 Update). IEA Bioenergy, 2023 (Relatório Internacional). 

6. SOUZA, GLAUCIA M.; COSTA, A. O. ; GLORIA, C. M. F. ; MACHADO, G. V. ; Esteves, Heloisa Borges Bastos ; SANTOS, L. B. O. ; NOGUEIRA, L. A. H. ; JARDIM, M. A. ; OLIVEIRA, M. I. L. ; CANABARRO, N. I. ; HENRIQUES, R. M. ; ARAUJO, R. B. ; GODINHO, R. D. ; MACIEL FILHO, R. ; FERREIRA, T. V. B. . Implementation Agendas: Compare-and-Contrast Transport Biofuels Policies. IEA Bioenergy, 2022 (Relatório Internacional). 

7. ROGERS, S. ; BACOVSKY, D. ; SOUZA, GLAUCIA M. ; MACLEOD, A. ; SADDLER, J. ; EBADIAN, M. ; FELBY, C. ; O?CONNELL, A. ; LONZA, L. ; MUELLER-LANGER, F. ; DAHMEN, N. ; SAKA, S. ; ARAMAKI, S. ; GERLAGH, T. ; SUCKLING, I. ; ZYL, E. V. ; LEE, J. S. ; KANG, K. Y. ; EKBOM, T. ; JONSSON, L. . Implementation Agendas: 2018-2019 Update Compare and Contrast Transport Biofuels Policies. IEA Bioenergy, 2020 (Relatório Internacional). 

8. SOUZA, G.M.; MACIEL FILHO, R. ; CANTARELLA, H. ; NOGUEIRA, L. A. H. ; RODRIGUES, R. ; MACHADO, G. V. ; ARAUJO, R. B. ; COSTA, A. O. ; COELHO, J. M. F. ; BONOTTO, A. ; GODINHO, R. D. ; GOMIDE, R. ; CRUZ, C. H. B. . Brazil in Implementation Agendas: 2018-2019 Update Compare and Contrast Transport Biofuels Policies. IEA Bioenergy, 2020 (Relatório Internacional).