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AGENDA

• Introduction
• Elias Mtinda
• Kenneth Richter
• Film
• Emilia Hanna
• Q & A

Break

• Jonathon Essex
• AirportWatch
• Open discussion – opposing

bioenergy

• Conclusion and actions for ROC

banding campaign

Bio-energy Subsidies

BioEnergy Quiz

• 1. How much of UK renewable energy comes from biomass?
• A. over 80%
• B. 60 to 80%
• C. 30 to 60%
• 2. What proportion of UK road transport biofuels is imported?
• A. 80%
• B. 50%
• C. 25%
• 3. How much wood will be burnt in the UK every year by 2020

to generate electricity if industry gets their way?

• A. 50 million tonnes
• B. 25 million tonnes
• C. Don’t know

BioEnergy Quiz

• 4. Who said this about sustainable biomass in 2010?

“No policy tool can give certainty that forests will be regenerated after biomass is harvested.”

• A. European Commission
• B. George Monbiot
• C. The woodcutter who rescued Little Red Riding Hood
• 5. According to Government consultants, what could

bioenergy provide in 2030 as a proportion of TOTAL energy usage?

• A. 50 to 75%
• B. 30%
• C. 20%

BioEnergy Quiz

Results: All A’s – Star Biofuel campaigner!

To summarise:

• Bioenergy dominates UK renewables – and

under BAU this will continue

• Imports dominate UK use of bioenergy –

and will do in the future

• Bioenergy “Sustainability” cannot be assured

FILM

Green Invasion

Made by World Rainforest Movement www.wrm.org.uy Watch on-line at www.wrm.org.uy/plantations/video.html

OPPOSING BIOENERGY

• A series of battles
• Policy is plain wrong
• Public are ignorant
• MPs are UK focussed
• Big business is getting entrenched

How to win?

ROC CAMPAIGNING

• Consultation responses
• Parliamentary Questions
• Early Day Motion(s)
• Parliamentary debate following

consultation

• Press coverage

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