[Peace] ACDIS publication: Sustainable Biofuels and Human Security

[Matt Rosenstein]

Sustainable Biofuels and Human Security

Summer 2009 issue of Swords and Ploughshares
The Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS)
in cooperation with the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

<http://acdis.illinois.edu/publications/207/publication-SustainableBiofuelsandHumanSecurity.html>http://acdis.illinois.edu/publications/207/publication-SustainableBiofuelsandHumanSecurity.html
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Contents:

Introduction  Jürgen Scheffran and Gale Summerfield (editors)
Biofuel Conflicts and Human Security: Toward a 
Sustainable Bioenergy Life Cycle and 
Infrastructure  Jürgen Scheffran
Prospects for the New Bioeconomy  Hans P. Blaschek
Biofuels in the Broader Context  Clifford E. Singer
Biofuels and Global Poverty  Mary Arends-Kuenning
Biofuels: Getting to the Real Facts and Promise 
about the Food vs. Fuel Debate  Anil Hira
Sustainable Biofuel Standards and Certification 
 Timothy M. Smith, Kristell Miller, and Justin 
Lindenberg
Use of Remote Sensing to Measure Land Use Change 
from Biofuel Production  Steffen Mueller and Ken 
Copenhaver
A Note on China in the Global Biofuel Scenario  Gale Summerfield

Summary:

Biofuel production has soared in this decade with 
backing from government mandates. Seeking to 
address global warming, promote alternatives to 
fossil fuels, and increase independence in energy 
production, many countries have been striving to 
become key players in the global trade for 
biofuels as well as increase domestic energy 
production. Food security and sustainability 
issues, however, have clouded the future for 
first generation biofuels. Second-generation 
production processes, based on cellulosic 
material and algae, are emerging, but they are 
not yet commercially viable on a large scale. The 
papers in this collection address the social and 
sustainability dimensions of the biofuel debates, 
including links between biofuels and food price 
volatility, poverty, and direct and indirect 
changes in land use.

The papers were selected from a series of three 
workshops held at the University of Illinois at 
Urbana-Champaign in May and November 2008 and 
April 2009. The workshops were sponsored by the 
Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program 
(WGGP), the Program in Arms Control, Disarmament 
and International Security (ACDIS), the Center 
for Advanced BioEnergy Research (CABER), and the 
Center for African Studies, with support from 
many units across campus. Generous support was 
provided by a Hewlett International Conference 
Grant, the Sloan Foundation's Industry Studies 
Group, the Energy Biosciences Institute, the John 
D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the 
College of Agricultural, Consumer and 
Environmental Sciences (ACES) Global Connect 
Program, and the College of Liberal Arts and 
Sciences (LAS).

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Matthew A. Rosenstein, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS)
University of Illinois
359 Armory Building, MC-533
505 East Armory Avenue
Champaign, IL 61820

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