Summary for Policymakers
Biomass is very much centre stage in the European Green Deal. Forests, the seas, freshwater and agricultural systems, are expected to simultaneously mitigate climate change, accommodate biodiversity and generate goods. Basic data and information about them and the services they provide – which includes, but is not exclusively, biomass provision – are a fundamental piece of policymaking. In this summary, and in the main report accompanying the summary, we describe the biomass sources and uses for the agricultural, forestry, algae, and fisheries and aquaculture sectors with the latest available data, both in comparative terms (using the same units), as well as with deep dives into the sectors themselves, highlighting the most salient issues in the respective sectors. We also examine the contribution of food, wood and other biowaste to the biomass supply. This summary presents some selected facts, figures and findings of the JRC Biomass Mandate 2023 report "Biomass production, supply, uses and flows in the European Union". In this summary we aim to highlight some main findings of the 2023 report, as well as direct the readers to the relevant JRC data and knowledge resources.
AVITABILE Valerio;
BALDONI Edoardo;
BARUTH Bettina;
BAUSANO Giovanni;
BOYSEN-URBAN Kirsten;
CALDEIRA Carla;
CAMIA Andrea;
CAZZANIGA Noemi;
CECCHERINI Guido;
DE LAURENTIIS Valeria;
DOERNER Hendrik;
GIUNTOLI Jacopo;
GRAS Michael;
GUILLEN GARCIA Jordi;
GURRIA Patricia;
HASSEGAWA Mariana;
JASINEVIČIUS Gediminas;
JONSSON Ragnar;
KONRAD Christoph;
KUPSCHUS Sven;
LA NOTTE Alessandra;
M'BAREK Robert;
MANNINI Alessandro;
MIGLIAVACCA Mirco;
MUBAREKA Sarah;
PATANI Selene;
PILLI Roberto;
REBOURS Celine;
RONCHETTI Giulia;
RONZON Tevecia;
ROUGIEUX Paul;
SALA Serenella;
SANCHEZ LOPEZ Javier;
SANYE MENGUAL Esther;
SINKKO Taija;
STURM Viktoriya;
VAN LEEUWEN Myrna;
VASILAKOPOULOS Paraskevas;
VERKERK Pieter Johannes;
VIRTANEN Jarno;
WINKER Henning;
ZULIAN Grazia;
MUBAREKA Sarah;
MIGLIAVACCA Mirco;
SANCHEZ LOPEZ Javier;
2023-11-07
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC133505
978-92-68-09035-0 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 31727 EN,
OP KJ-NA-31-727-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC133505,
10.2760/368529 (online),
