Shortcomings in Canadian Regulation of Wood Biomass Used to Generate Electricity:

The study that the Center issued in 2010 (“the Manomet study”)25 applied a “carbon debt” lens to the analysis and found that the magnitude of the debt created by burning forest biomass to generate energy and the time required to repay that debt depend on several factors, including the efficiency of the energy generated through forest biomass combustion.26 A key takeaway from the report was that if. [...] The parties to the Paris Agreement have not formally adopted the 2019 Refinement as obligatory guidance for NIRs; however, at the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to the Paris Agreement (“CMA”) held in Glasgow in 2021, the parties agreed that the 2019 Refinement could be used on a voluntary basis.68 Canada’s most recent NIR attests to using the 2006 IPCC Guidelines a. [...] The CH4 and N2O emissions from the combustion of biomass or biomass-based products for energy are reported and included in the sectoral total emissions in the Energy sector, as these are not covered by the estimation methods in the AFOLU sector.70 As is evident from this summary, the underlying rationale for counting the CO2 emissions of wood biomass used for energy purposes within the AFOLU secto. [...] ENG 3.2.1 Relevance of the Waste Directive Directive 2008/98/EC is the EU directive commonly known as the “Waste Directive”.99 As regards the use of wood biomass to generate electricity, the Waste Directive plays a smaller role than the RED, the Timber Regulation, and the Deforestation and Forest Degradation Regulation. [...] 117 European Commission, “Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council, amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the promotion of energy from renewable sources, and repealing Council.