ACTION 1 – MAPPING AND SYNTHESIS OF INTERNATIONAL BIOMASS STUDIES
OVERVIEW
Review and collect data from country or multi-country biomass assessments, to distribute them in a data-sharing portal that contains best available and citable data including the differences in definitions, assumptions, methods, and data sources used.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND OBJECTIVES
The absence of an internationally accepted benchmark report on biomass feedstocks fosters uncertainty regarding availability in the minds of investors and policymakers, creating barriers to investment and support for feedstock mobilization. The objectives of the proposal are:
1. Collect, review, and distribute the best available and citable global data on current biomass uses, and potential future availability as consistently as possible.
2. Based on lessons learned from objective 1, draft a standard schema and accompanying guidance designed to help others update and harmonize future assessments of global sustainable biomass supplies.
PROPOSED ACTIVITIES
• Develop and test an approach to collect, review, compile, and distribute best-in-class data and analysis to document biomass feedstock production, current uses, and additional supply potentials.
• Collaborate with Biofuture Platform and other stakeholders to identify existing initiatives and sources of information, and to encourage steps to fill data gaps.
• Provide a pilot data-sharing portal to share best available data, to serve as a go-to knowledge resource for decision makers (based on Biomass KDF platform).
• Draft a set of recommendations designed to help others update and improve future assessments of global sustainable biomass supplies.
