GBEP Bioenergy Week
Background
Since 2013, The Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) has been organizing a Bioenergy Week every year, on a rotating basis, in a different region of the world. In 2024, for its 11th edition, the Bioenergy Week will be held in Rome, Italy, from June 17-21, 2024. The event is organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the context of the GBEP Programme of Work, in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security and with the kind financial support of US Grains Council (USGC). This event, unlike previous GBEP Bioenergy Weeks focusing on regional priorities, will take a global perspective.
The first day of the 11th GBEP Bioenergy Week, June 17 , will be fully dedicated to Youth, through the first edition of the “GBEP-YUNGA Bioenergy Youth Day” which aims to give space for youth engagement and capacity building, and to present the 2024 GBEP Youth Award. A three-day conference will follow, from 18 to 20 June, while the last day, June 21, will bring participants on a field visit to local bioenergy facilities.
Objectives
The GBEP Bioenergy Week brings together a large network of bioenergy stakeholders, including international experts, decision makers and private sector representatives to discuss current trends, future opportunities and challenges in bioenergy. Previous editions have successfully contributed to exchanging views, best practices and lessons learned among officials and stakeholders on ways to improve the sustainability of bioenergy in agrifood systems through both practical and policy interventions on agricultural productivity and yield, feedstock logistics, and the use of modern conversion technologies.
The 2024 Bioenergy Week will enhance learning from positive experiences on sustainable production and use of bioenergy integrated within food production value chains, to support the design and implementation of bioenergy policies. Furthermore, it will provide the opportunity to continue a dialogue with the private sector and other stakeholders on ways to improve mutual cooperation towards a more sustainable production and use of bioenergy.
Sustainable bioenergy for climate and development goals
The Bioenergy Week seeks to support efforts to ensure that bioenergy can play a constructive role in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and implementing the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, thereby advancing climate goals, food security, better land use, and sustainable energy for all. Each day of the five-day conference will focus on a different theme:
- DAY 1 – GBEP-YUNGA Bioenergy Week Youth Day
- DAY 2 – Bioenergy at the science-to-policy interface
- DAY 3 – Bioenergy in the context of the broader bioeconomy
- DAY 4 – Bioenergy for climate change mitigation and energy access
- DAY 5 – Field visit
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