Biofuels and Sustainability : : Holistic Perspectives for Policy-Making.

• Superior document: Science for Sustainable Societies Series
• Author: Takeuchi, Kazuhiko.
• TeilnehmendeR: Shiroyama, Hideaki.; Saito, Osamu.; Matsuura, Masahiro.
• Place / Publishing House: Tokyo : : Springer Japan,, 2018.; ©2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Science for Sustainable Societies Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (261 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Background and Character of Biofuel Production Expansion -- 1.2 Current Situation of Biofuel Production in the World -- 1.3 Issues of Biofuels -- 1.4 Biofuels and Sustainability Science -- 1.5 Objectives -- References -- Part I: Biofuels and Sustainability Conceptual Framework -- Chapter 2: Approach to Biofuel Issues from the Perspective of Sustainability Science Studies -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 What Is the Sustainability Science? -- 2.3 Feature of Biofuels from the Sustainability Science View -- 2.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Stakeholder Perspective and Multilevel Governance -- 3.1 Stakeholder Perspectives -- 3.1.1 Defining Who the Stakeholders Are -- 3.1.2 Applying the Stakeholder Perspective to the Biofuel Cases -- 3.1.3 Stakeholder Perspective as an Essential Element of Good Policy Processes -- 3.1.4 Broader Conception of Stakeholders -- 3.1.5 Why This Perspective Is Important in the Study of Biofuel Deployment -- 3.2 Multilevel Governance -- 3.2.1 Levels of Governance -- 3.2.2 Multilayered and Nested Nature of Biofuel Governance -- 3.2.3 Why This Perspective Is Important in the Study of Biofuel Deployment -- Chapter 4: Applying Stakeholder Perspectives to Sustainable Biofuel Strategy: A Summary of Our Analyses -- 4.1 Producers in Developing Nations -- 4.2 Users in Developing Nations -- 4.3 Producers and Users in Developed Nations -- 4.4 Communities of Stakeholders in the Production Areas -- 4.5 Future Generations -- 4.6 Summary -- Part II: Impacts on Land Use and Ecosystem Services: Global Economic and Environmental Impacts -- Chapter 5: Welfare Effects of the US Corn-Bioethanol Policy -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Model Structure -- 5.2.1 Overview of the Model -- 5.2.2 Detailed Model Structure -- 5.3 Simulation -- 5.3.1 Overall design -- 5.3.2 Scenarios -- 5.3.3 Results.

5.4 Welfare Analysis -- 5.4.1 Overall design -- 5.4.2 Detailed Procedures -- 5.4.3 Results -- 5.4.4 Value of CO2 Reduction -- 5.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: The Effect of Biofuel Production on Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Biofuel LCA -- 6.2.1 LCA Framework -- 6.2.2 Evaluation of Effects of Byproduct Recovery and Use -- 6.2.3 The Necessity of Localized LCA -- 6.3 Sugarcane Ethanol Production in Brazil -- 6.3.1 Description of the Case Study and its Scenarios -- 6.3.2 LCA Framework -- 6.3.2.1 Definition of System Boundaries and Reference System -- 6.3.2.2 Functional Unit -- 6.3.2.3 Allocation Procedures -- 6.3.3 Life Cycle Inventory Analysis -- 6.3.4 Life Cycle Impact Assessment -- 6.4 Final Remarks -- References -- Part III: Impacts on Land Use and Ecosystem Services: Impacts at the National &amp -- Regional Scales -- Chapter 7: Land Use Change Impacts: National and Regional Scales -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Global Land Availability for Biofuels -- 7.3 Land Use Change Impacts in LCA -- 7.3.1 Importance of Land Use Change in LCA: An Expository Analysis of Plant Oils -- 7.3.2 Methodologies for Land Use Impacts in LCA -- 7.3.2.1 Integration of Land Use into LCA -- 7.3.2.2 Framework for Land Use Impact Assessment Within LCA -- 7.4 Case Studies of Land Use Impact Assessment: Palm Oil Production -- 7.4.1 Literature Review of LCA Applied to Palm Oil -- 7.4.2 Inter-temporal Inequality -- 7.4.3 Regionalization of Land Use Impact Assessment -- 7.4.3.1 Regionalization Based on Oil Palm Productivity -- 7.4.3.2 Regionalization Based on the Share of Peat Land -- 7.5 Discussions -- 7.6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 8: Socioeconomic Impacts of Biofuels in East Asia -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Indonesia -- 8.2.1 Overview of Indonesia's Main Policies.

8.2.2 Overview of Main Biofuel Market Conditions in Indonesia -- 8.2.2.1 Biodiesel from Palm Oil and Jatropha -- 8.2.2.2 Bioethanol from Sugarcane and Cassava -- 8.2.3 Socioeconomic Impacts -- 8.2.4 Analysis -- 8.3 India -- 8.3.1 Overview of India's National Policies on Biofuels -- 8.3.2 Status of the Indian Biofuel Market -- 8.3.2.1 Bioethanol from Sugarcane -- 8.3.2.2 Biodiesel From Nonedible Oilseeds -- 8.3.3 Socioeconomic Impacts of Biofuels in India -- 8.3.4 Analysis -- 8.4 China -- 8.4.1 Overview of China's Main Policies: Promotion of Renewable Energy -- 8.4.2 Overview of Main Biofuel Market Conditions in China -- 8.4.2.1 Bioethanol -- 8.4.2.2 Biodiesel -- 8.4.2.3 Emerging Research on Second-Generation Biofuels -- 8.4.3 Socioeconomic Impacts -- 8.4.3.1 Employment -- 8.4.3.2 Rural Development -- 8.4.3.3 Energy Security -- 8.4.4 Stakeholder Perspectives -- 8.4.5 Analysis -- 8.5 Japan -- 8.5.1 Overview of Japan's Main Policies -- 8.5.2 Overview of Main Biofuel Market Conditions -- 8.5.3 Socioeconomic Impacts -- 8.5.4 Stakeholder Perspectives -- 8.5.4.1 Government -- 8.5.4.2 Oil Industry -- 8.5.4.3 Automobile Industry -- 8.5.4.4 Consumers -- 8.5.5 Analysis -- 8.5.6 Policy Implications -- 8.6 Conclusion -- References -- Part IV: Impacts on Land Use and Ecosystem Services: Social, Economic and Political Impacts -- Chapter 9: Social, Economic, and Political Impacts -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Case from Brazil -- 9.2.1 Method -- 9.2.2 Key Stakeholders -- 9.2.2.1 Industrial Sector -- 9.2.2.2 Government -- 9.2.2.3 Civil Society -- 9.2.3 Key Issues in Biofuel Production in Brazil -- 9.2.3.1 Economic Issues -- 9.2.3.2 Societal Issues -- 9.2.3.3 Environmental Issue -- 9.2.3.4 Political issue -- 9.3 Case from Indonesia -- 9.3.1 Method -- 9.3.2 Key Stakeholders -- 9.3.2.1 Industrial Sector -- 9.3.2.2 Government -- 9.3.2.3 Civil Society.

9.3.3 Major Issues Relating to Biofuel Production -- 9.4 Lessons from Two Cases -- 9.4.1 Variety of Stakeholders -- 9.4.2 Variety of Issues -- 9.4.3 Implication to the Japanese Government's Policy on the Importation of Biofuels -- Chapter 10: Stakeholder Perceptions of the Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being Impacts of Palm Oil Biofuels in Indonesia and Malaysia -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Impacts of Palm Oil Biofuels on Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being -- 10.2.1 Linking Biofuels and Ecosystem Services -- 10.2.2 Impact on Ecosystem Services -- 10.2.2.1 Feedstock for Fuel (Provisioning Service) -- 10.2.2.2 Food Crops and Woodland/Grassland Products (Provisioning Services) -- 10.2.2.3 Freshwater Services (Provisioning and Regulating Services) -- 10.2.2.4 Climate Regulation (Regulating Service) -- 10.2.2.5 Air Quality Regulation (Regulating Service) -- 10.2.2.6 Erosion Control (Regulating Service) -- 10.2.2.7 Cultural Services -- 10.2.3 Impacts on Biodiversity -- 10.2.4 Impacts on Human Well-Being -- 10.2.4.1 Rural Development -- 10.2.4.2 Energy Security and Access to Energy Resources -- 10.2.4.3 Food Security and Access to Food -- 10.2.4.4 Health -- 10.2.4.5 Land Tenure, Displacement, and Social Conflicts -- 10.3 Methodology -- 10.3.1 Methodological Approach -- 10.3.2 Data Collection -- 10.3.2.1 Expert Interviews with RSPO-Certified Firms -- 10.3.2.2 RSPO-RT8 Stakeholder Survey -- 10.4 Results -- 10.4.1 Interviews with RSPO-Certified Firms -- 10.4.2 RSPO-RT8 Stakeholder Survey -- 10.4.2.1 Quantitative Analysis -- 10.4.2.2 Qualitative Analysis -- 10.5 Discussion -- 10.6 Conclusions -- References -- Part V: Sustainable Biofuels Strategy Options: Roadmap for Building Sustainable Strategy Options -- Chapter 11: Roadmap for Building Sustainable Strategy Options -- 11.1 Mutual-Gains Approach to Sustainable Policy.

11.1.1 Failure of Command and Control Approach -- 11.1.2 An Alternative: Mutual-Gains Approach -- 11.1.3 Practice of Mutual-Gains Policy Formulation -- 11.1.4 Challenges in Mutual-Gains Policy Formulation -- 11.1.5 Mutual-Gains Biofuel Policy-Making in Action -- 11.2 Deliberative Policy Formulation for an Improved Sustainability -- 11.2.1 Concerns About Conventional Neoliberal Approaches -- 11.2.2 New Forms of Governance -- 11.3 Resilient Governance -- 11.3.1 Uncertainty and Governance -- 11.3.2 Creating Resilient Institutional Mechanisms for Biofuel Utilization -- Chapter 12: Application of Ontology for Developing Strategy Options -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 System Architecture and Process -- 12.3 Facilitation of Planning and Collaboration -- 12.4 Usability and Effectiveness of the System -- 12.4.1 Evaluation Experiment by Domain Experts -- 12.4.2 An Experiment of Consensus Making by Role-Play Discussion -- 12.4.2.1 Overview of the Experiment -- 12.4.2.2 Methods -- 12.4.2.3 Results and Discussion -- 12.5 Conclusion -- References -- Part VI: Sustainable Biofuels Strategy Options: Key Strategies for Policy Makers -- Chapter 13: Key Strategies for Policymakers -- 13.1 Strategy Options at the Global Level -- 13.1.1 Background for Sustainable Deployment Strategies and Response Measures -- 13.1.1.1 Biofuels and Their Environmental Impact -- 13.1.1.2 Food Security and Biofuels -- 13.1.1.3 Rural Development, Agricultural and Industrial Policy, and Biofuels -- 13.1.1.4 Energy Security and Biofuels -- 13.1.1.5 Trade, North-South Issues, and Biofuels -- 13.1.2 Current Study into Sustainable Deployment Strategies -- 13.1.3 Tools for Sustainable Use Strategies -- 13.1.3.1 Policy Tools for Sustainable Use Strategies -- 13.1.3.2 Outline of Standards, Indicators, and Certification Systems for Sustainable Biofuels.

13.1.3.3 Current State of Standards, Indicators, and Certification for Sustainable Biofuels.