7.06 Ecological
transition and bio-economy: what strategies?
Evolutions constatées en traits pleins et projetées en pointillées des objectifs climat énergie en Europe à 2020.
Source : Agence européenne de l’environnement.
Observed changes in solid lines
and projected changes to 2020 in dotted lines for the energy climate objectives in Europe . Source: European Environment Agency.
La fiche en bref
(en ligne 01/2015, mis à jour 01/2020)
The article in brief
(online 01/2015, update 2015/2020)
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Counteracting global warming has started with a dedicated energy policy, complemented by the development of bio-economy that will result in an increased:
biomass utilization.
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Europe is about to reach its 2020 biomass targets, but, for a part, through imports.
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France will not reach the 2020 biomass targets, and, in spite of unexploited forest resources, the country has reduced its targets for 2030 by focusing on
heat use. It will have to develop the uses of wood as a material to limit the competition from other uses such as energy
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Progress must be achieved in wood life cycle analysis, from sustainable management at forest stage to energy use at end of life stage.
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The development of material uses is necessary in parallel with bio-energy to optimize the carbon externalities of wood.