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Sustainability Criteria: Land Use & Livelihoods Sustainable Bioenergy – Challenges & Opportunities 12-13 October 2006 Arun Kashyap Advisor, Private Sector Development
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Underlying Principle Millennium Development Goals Halve the proportion of people living in extreme poverty by 2015 Sustainable livelihoods; economic growth Access to basic goods and services Sustainable Energy Energy that is produced and used in ways that simultaneously support human development over the long-term in all its social, economic, and environmental dimensions
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Social Issues: Equity Needs of the people who do not have access to energy services Lack of access to energy services perpetuate poverty Sustainable patterns of energy supply & consumption Gender Reduce burden Improve health impacts Who is the consumer?
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Environmental Integrity Climate Change Leading the emphasis on bioenergy Land Use Opportunity Cost – food vs. fuel Biodiversity Monoculture vs. diversity Indigenous vs. foreign species forests vs. cash crops
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Economic Growth: Efficiency Sustainable livelihoods vs. energy services only Polymers, lubricants, construction, pharmaceuticals Access; Assets; Capability Nature of technology Demand based and appropriate: bioethanol; biodiesel; biogas Choice of species Food vs. non food Local area specific
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First Act Locally then Globally Address the local demand Sustainable livelihoods model with energy services as a component Participatory efforts/Transparency Select the marginal lands Preferably non-food crops that provide multiple products Adaptation strategy
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Public Private Partnerships Local Market Creation Encourage Public Private Partnerships Strengthen community based entrepreneurs Business model must be commercially viable Integrated value chain with access to market
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Institutional Changes An energy future compatible with sustainable development will not happen by itself, thus policy change is required, including Making markets work better, including mobilizing investments Focusing on the innovation chain Increasing capacity to support policy and institution building, and transfer of technology
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The Innovation Chain Widespread Diffusion of New Energy Technologies through Innovation Pipeline Research and Development Demonstration projects Early deployment (cost buy-down) Widespread dissemination
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Certification Criteria Build upon existing ecological and social sustainability criteria including from Forestry, Agriculture, Biomass &CDM Regional Basis Based on current practices Should not create barriers to market creation Diagnostics instruments and tool kits
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