{"id":20041,"date":"2014-04-24T03:15:05","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T01:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biofuelsdigest.com\/bdigest\/2014\/04\/17\/grfa-says-ipcc-report-negates-iluc-modeling\/"},"modified":"2014-04-23T10:55:20","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T08:55:20","slug":"iluc-unverifiable-biofuels-economically-beneficial-says-ipcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/iluc-unverifiable-biofuels-economically-beneficial-says-ipcc\/","title":{"rendered":"ILUC Unverifiable and Biofuels Economically Beneficial, Says IPCC"},"content":{"rendered":"

TORONTO, Canada \u2013 The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (UN IPCC) released their \u201cBioenergy and Climate Change Mitigation: An Assessment\u201d report in Berlin on Sunday that confirmed that biofuels production is economically beneficial and that Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) modelling is unverifiable.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSunday\u2019s report from the IPCC is further proof that biofuels contribute to local economies and that Indirect Land Use Change modelling is nothing more than a flawed theory,\u201d stated Bliss Baker, spokesperson for the GRFA.<\/p>\n

The UN IPCC report found that \u201cBioenergy projects can be economically beneficial, by raising and diversifying farm incomes and increasing rural employment through the production of biofuels for domestic or export markets.\u201d<\/p>\n

The IPCC report went on further to say that \u201cBrazilian sugar cane ethanol production provides six times more jobs than the Brazilian petroleum sector and spreads income benefits across numerous municipalities\u2026Worker income is higher than in nearly all other agricultural sectors and several sustainability standards have been adopted.\u201d<\/p>\n

The IPCC report\u2019s findings are consistent with a 2012 GRFA report which found that global ethanol production in 2010 supported nearly 1.4 million jobs in all sectors worldwide and contributed over $273 million to the global economy. In the European Union alone the ethanol industry created 70,000 direct and indirect jobs. The IPCC report also reinforces a recent study conducted by ABF Economics, which found that the U.S ethanol industry in 2013 created 86,503 jobs, sustained an additional 300,277 indirect and induced jobs while contributing $44 billion to the United States\u2019 Gross Domestic Product and added $30.7 billion to household incomes.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only do biofuels, particularly ethanol, have the lowest CO2<\/sub> abatements compared to any other renewable energy but the latest IPCC climate change mitigation report confirmed that they make significant contributions to economies around the world and in some cases like Brazil, biofuels employment is eclipsing crude oil,\u201d stated Baker.<\/p>\n

The IPCC report contained another significant finding regarding Indirect Land Use Change, an attempt to predict future land use patterns globally. The report stated that \u201cThese estimates of global LUC (Land Use Change) are highly uncertain, unobservable, unverifiable, and dependent on assumed policy, economic contexts, and inputs used in the modelling.\u201d<\/p>\n

These significant findings mean that the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has joined the overwhelming number of scientists and academics that have found the ILUC theory to be faulty because modeling relies on hundreds of assumptions, not facts, to predict future land use patterns around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe GRFA applauds the UN for recognizing that the ILUC theory has no ability to accurately predict future land use patterns and hopefully it can now focus on the real challenges to food security like rising crude oil prices and food waste,\u201d concluded Baker.<\/p>\n

About The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance
\n<\/strong>The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting biofuel friendly policies internationally. Alliance members represent over 65% of the global biofuels production from 44 countries. Through the development of new technologies and best practices, Alliance members are committed to producing renewable fuels with the smallest possible footprint.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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