Di Lucia, Lorenzo and Sevigné‐Itoiz, Eva and Peterson, Steve and Bauen, Ausilio and Slade, Raphael (2019) Project level assessment of indirect land use changes arising from biofuel production. GCB Bioenergy, 11 (11). pp. 1361-1375. ISSN 1757-1693
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Abstract
The use of land resources has a strong influence on the sustainability of biofuel production. An assessment of both direct and indirect changes in land use is necessary if an accurate assessment of sustainability is to be made. An increasing number of studies have developed approaches to estimate the Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) impacts of biofuels at global, national or regional level, but assessing ILUC remains a challenging task and estimates vary widely. In this study, we suggest that a socially motivated, project level approach can provide robust insight into the conditions affecting land use change dynamics. We developed a causal-descriptive approach named ILUC Project ASsessment Tool (ILUC PAST) for project level assessment of ILUC. It uses a tiered multitool analysis—from local to global—combined with extensive stakeholder engagement. A real-world project for the production of cellulosic ethanol in Sardinia (Italy) was used to evaluate the tool and benchmark the results against two alternatives for project level assessment: the ‘Low Indirect Impact Biofuel’ methodology and the ‘iLUC Club’ method. The results of the case study of advanced biofuels suggest that the quantitative estimates of ILUC combined with the in-depth understanding of the cause-and-effect dynamics provided by ILUC PAST are sufficiently credible, salient and legitimate to support project level and local decision-making.
Item Type: | Scientific journal article, Newspaper article or Magazine article |
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Subjects: | Social studies > Others in social studies > Social studies not elsewhere classified |
Department/unit: | Dipartimento economia aziendale, sanità e sociale > Centro competenze management e imprenditorialità |
Depositing User: | Lorenzo Di Lucia |
Date Deposited: | 21 Dec 2022 11:13 |
Last Modified: | 21 Dec 2022 11:17 |
URI: | http://repository.supsi.ch/id/eprint/13631 |
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