Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 42
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Strengthened governance of bioenergy markets is crucial for sustainable biomass sourcing.
Conclusion
While imported woody biomass continues to be a major bioenergy feedstock, it is important that biomass used in UK power generation, whether from the UK or overseas, is genuinely sustainably sourced in a way which minimises the impact on forest biodiversity and carbon stocks. The CCC has continually stressed that strengthened governance of bioenergy markets is needed domestically and internationally to manage the risks to sustainable low-carbon production as the global biomass market scales up. (Paragraph 216) Seeing the wood for the trees: the contribution of the forestry and timber sectors to biodiversity and net zero goals 81
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 15 December 2023. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗