Seminar: Styring af bæredygtigt brændstof – marked, certificering og teknologier

TIME: Monday, 19 November, 15 – 18

VENUE: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, Strandgade 71, ground floor, Christianshavn, 1401 Copenhagen K.

TIME: Monday, 19 November, 15 – 18

VENUE: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, Strandgade 71, ground floor, Christianshavn, 1401 Copenhagen K.

The landscape of biofuels has developed rapidly during the past decade. Not only are many countries involved in the production and/or consumption of biofuels, biofuels have also become global rather than local commodities. Biofuels have become big business, in which major companies, credit agencies, national and international governmental organizations are involved.

In this open seminar, Arthur Mol will examine whether different biofuel landscapes, with different characteristics, scales, actor-networks, and controversies are developing towards each other or whether a specific one is coming to dominate the industry, and with what consequences.

Jolene Lin will analyse the legal complexities of the EU biofuel ‘sustainability’ certification scheme, which is creating a transnational governance regime combining elements of private certification and public authority.

Both will assess what these trends mean in terms of the environmental and social costs of biofuel production. These two keynote speeches will be followed by a panel discussion involving key industry and NGO representatives, and by an open discussion session.

This seminar is a part of the international conference Governing Sustainable Biofuels: Markets, Certification and Technology that takes place on 19-20 November 2012 at DIIS and Copenhagen Business School (CBS). It is organized by the Copenhagen Biofuels Research Network and funded by the Sustainability Platform, CBS, DIIS, BIOSoc (University of Copenhagen and Aarhus University) and the Technical University of Denmark.

Speakers:

Arthur P.J. Mol, Professor, Wageningen University
Jolene Lin, Assistant Professor, the University of Hong Kong
Anne Grete Holmsgaard, Director, Biorefining Alliance
Kirsten Hjørnholm Sørensen, Policy Advisor, ActionAid Denmark
Stefano Ponte, Professor, CBS

Programme:

15.00-15.10: Introduction; Stefano Ponte, Professor, CBS

15.10-15.30: Biofuel Dichotomies; Arthur P.J. Mol, Professor, Wageningen University

15.30-15.50: Certified Sustainable: The European Union’s Biofuels Sustainability Scheme; Jolene Lin, Assistant Professor, the University of Hong Kong

15.50-16.20: Panel Discussion; Anne Grete Holmsgaard, Director, Biorefining Alliance; Kirsten Hjørnholm Sørensen, Policy Advisor, ActionAid Denmark

16.20-16.45: Open Discussion

16.45-18.00: Reception and Drinks

Chair: Stefano Ponte, Professor, CBS

The seminar will be held in English.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Read more about the seminar and use the online registration form on the website no later than Friday, 16 November at 12 noon.

Please await confirmation by e-mail from DIIS for participation.