Search: onr:"swepub:oai:gup.ub.gu.se/307397" >
Plant Power: Opport...
Plant Power: Opportunities and challenges for meeting sustainable energy needs from the plant and fungal kingdoms
- Article/chapterEnglish2020
Publisher, publication year, extent ...
Numbers
-
LIBRIS-ID:oai:gup.ub.gu.se/307397
-
https://gup.ub.gu.se/publication/307397URI
-
https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10147DOI
Supplementary language notes
Part of subdatabase
Classification
-
Subject category:ref swepub-contenttype
-
Subject category:art swepub-publicationtype
Notes
-
Societal Impact Statement Bioenergy is a major component of the global transition to renewable energy technologies. The plant and fungal kingdoms offer great potential but remain mostly untapped. Their increased use could contribute to the renewable energy transition and addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 7 "Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all." Current research focuses on species cultivated at scale in temperate regions, overlooking the wealth of potential new sources of small-scale energy where they are most urgently needed. A shift towards diversified, accessible bioenergy technologies will help to mitigate and adapt to the threats of climate change, decrease energy poverty, improve human health by reducing indoor pollution, increase energy resilience of communities, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels. SummaryBioenergy derived from plants and fungi is a major component of the global transition to renewable energy technologies. There is rich untapped diversity in the plant and fungal kingdoms that offers potential to contribute to the shift away from fossil fuels and to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) "Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all." Energy poverty-the lack of access to modern energy services-is most acute in the Global South where biodiversity is greatest and least investigated. Our systematic review of the literature over the last 5 years (2015-2020) indicates that research efforts have targeted a very small number of plant species cultivated at scale, mostly in temperate regions. The wealth of potential new sources of bioenergy in biodiverse regions, where the implementation of SDG7 is most urgently needed, has been largely overlooked. We recommend next steps for bioenergy stakeholders-research, industry, and government-to seize opportunities for innovation to alleviate energy poverty while protecting biodiversity. Small-scale energy production using native plant species in bioenergy landscapes overcomes many pitfalls associated with bioenergy crop monocultures, such as biodiversity loss and conflict with food production. Targeted trait-based screening of plant species and biological screening of fungi are required to characterize the potential of this resource. The benefits of diversified, accessible bioenergy go beyond the immediate urgency of energy poverty as more diverse agricultural landscapes are more resilient, store more carbon, and could also reduce the drivers of the climate and environmental emergencies.
Subject headings and genre
-
NATURVETENSKAP Biologi hsv//swe
-
NATURAL SCIENCES Biological Sciences hsv//eng
-
Bioenergy
-
biofuel
-
biogas
-
energy poverty
-
feedstock
-
renewables
-
research effort
-
sustainable energy
-
crassulacean acid metabolism
-
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
-
household
-
air-pollution
-
bioenergy production
-
life-cycle
-
trade-offs
-
biogas
-
production
-
water footprint
-
jatropha-curcas
-
biofuel crops
-
Biodiversity & Conservation
-
Plant Sciences
-
Ecology
Added entries (persons, corporate bodies, meetings, titles ...)
-
Lovett, J. C.
(author)
-
Gore, C. J. N.
(author)
-
Moat, J.
(author)
-
Ondo, I.
(author)
-
Pironon, S.
(author)
-
Langat, M. K.
(author)
-
Perez-Escobar, O. A.
(author)
-
Ross, A.
(author)
-
Abbo, M. S.
(author)
-
Shrestha, K. K.
(author)
-
Gowda, B.
(author)
-
Farrar, K.
(author)
-
Adams, J.
(author)
-
Camara-Leret, R.
(author)
-
Diazgranados, M.
(author)
-
Ulian, T.
(author)
-
Sagala, S.
(author)
-
Rianawati, E.
(author)
-
Hazra, A.
(author)
-
Masera, O. R.
(author)
-
Antonelli, Alexandre,1978Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap,Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences(Swepub:gu)xantal
(author)
-
Wilkin, P.
(author)
-
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap
(creator_code:org_t)
Related titles
-
In:Plants People Planet: Wiley2:5, s. 446-4622572-2611
Internet link
Find in a library
To the university's database
- By the author/editor
-
Grace, O. M.
-
Lovett, J. C.
-
Gore, C. J. N.
-
Moat, J.
-
Ondo, I.
-
Pironon, S.
-
show more...
-
Langat, M. K.
-
Perez-Escobar, O ...
-
Ross, A.
-
Abbo, M. S.
-
Shrestha, K. K.
-
Gowda, B.
-
Farrar, K.
-
Adams, J.
-
Camara-Leret, R.
-
Diazgranados, M.
-
Ulian, T.
-
Sagala, S.
-
Rianawati, E.
-
Hazra, A.
-
Masera, O. R.
-
Antonelli, Alexa ...
-
Wilkin, P.
-
show less...
- About the subject
-
- NATURAL SCIENCES
-
NATURAL SCIENCES
-
and Biological Scien ...
- Articles in the publication
-
Plants People Pl ...
- By the university
-
University of Gothenburg