Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Guard Rails for Bioenergy in Developed and Developing Countries

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Book cover Glances at Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology ((GREEN))

  • 922 Accesses

Abstract

The following chapter describes the ‘guard rail concept’ developed by the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) as an example for the threshold principle. First, the main components of the concept and the thresholds will be explained. Based on this, applications of the concept are illustrated with focus on sustainability of bioenergy in `. Finally, a summarizing conclusion on the strength, limitations and weaknesses of the concept with regard to sustainability assessment and operationalization is given.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) (1996) Welt im Wandel, Wege zur Lösung globaler Umweltprobleme, Jahresgutachten 1995. Springer Verlag, Berlin

    Google Scholar 

  2. German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) (1999) Welt im Wandel, Strategien zur Bewältigung globaler Umweltrisiken, Jahresgutachten 1998. Springer Verlag, Berlin

    Google Scholar 

  3. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2007) Climate Change 2007, synthesis report, contribution of working groups I, II and III to the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In: Pachauri RK, Reisinger A (eds) Core Writing Team. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland. http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_ipcc_fourth_assessment_report_synthesis_report.htm. Accessed Dec 2012

  4. German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) (2009) Future bioenergy and sustainable land use. Earthscan, London

    Google Scholar 

  5. German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) (2004). World in transition, towards sustainable energy systems. Earthscan, London

    Google Scholar 

  6. German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) (1995) Scenario for the derivation of global CO2 reduction targets and implementation strategies. In: Statement on the occasion of the first conference of the parties to the framework convention on climate change in Berlin, Bremerhaven

    Google Scholar 

  7. German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) (2006) The future oceans—warming up, rising high, turning sour, Special Report, Berlin

    Google Scholar 

  8. Richardson K. et al (2009) Climate change: global risks, challenges and decisions, synthesis report, Copenhagen, 10–12 March 2009 www.climatecongress.ku.dk. Accessed Dec 2012

  9. Schwertmann U, Vogl W, Kainz M (1987) Bodenerosion durch Wasser. Vorhersage des Abtrags und Bewertung von Gegenmaßnahmen, Stuttgart, Ulmer

    Google Scholar 

  10. Wischmeier WH, Smith DD (1978) Predicting rainfall erosion losses—a guide to conservation planning. Agriculture Handbook No. 537, U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Google Scholar 

  11. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2006) World agriculture: toward 2030/2050, Interim Report. Prospects for food, nutrition, agriculture and major commodity groups, Rome. http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/a0607e/a0607e00.htm. Accessed Dec 2012

  12. German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) (2009) Kassensturz für den Weltklimavertrag—Der Budgetansatz, Sondergutachten, Berlin

    Google Scholar 

  13. Messner D, Schellnhuber J, Rahmstorf S, Klingenfeld D (2010) The budget approach: a framework for a global transformation toward a low-carbon economy. J Renew Sustain Energy 2, 031003(online publication):14

    Google Scholar 

  14. German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU) (2012) Environmental Report 2012, responsibility in a finite world, SRU. Berlin

    Google Scholar 

  15. International Solar Energy Society (ISES) (2005) Renewable energy future for the developing world, White Paper, written by D. Holm under contract to the International Solar Energy Society, Freiburg. http://whitepaper.ises.org. Accessed Dec 2012

  16. Fritsche U, Hennenberg K, Huenecke K (2010) The “iLUC Factor” as a means to hedge risks of GHG emissions from indirect land use change. Working Paper, Darmstadt, Öko-Institut

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute for Energy Economics the Rational Use of Energy (IER), University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

    Marlies Härdtlein

Authors
  1. Marlies Härdtlein
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Marlies Härdtlein .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. IER, Heßbrühlst 49a, Stuttgart, 70565, Germany

    Till Jenssen

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2013 Springer-Verlag London

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Härdtlein, M. (2013). Guard Rails for Bioenergy in Developed and Developing Countries. In: Jenssen, T. (eds) Glances at Renewable and Sustainable Energy. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5137-1_6

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5137-1_6

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, London

  • Print ISBN: 978-1-4471-5136-4

  • Online ISBN: 978-1-4471-5137-1

  • eBook Packages: EnergyEnergy (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation