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… flows used to power turbines to generate electricity or biomass which can be used for heating, cooking and … to electricity and over 2.5 billion people depend on biomass fuels for cooking and heating (WEO 2006). These … directly on ecosystems for their energy supply, e.g. biomass, will suffer the greatest consequences. Ensuring …

… Biofuels, after all, are the product of diverting existing biomass production (food crops such as corn and soy, wastes, and cellulosic biomass from grasses, forests etc…) into new processes and … liquid biofuels from a wider range of non-food biomass is perhaps of greater long-term significance. As …

… technological assistance."35 2) "Improve access to modern biomass technologies." This recognises that opportunities … agricultural or silvicultural waste as an energy asset. Biomass is to be considered for commercial operation, and use … tons of oil; and wood and other forms of traditional biomass at a rate equivalent to 0.9 billion tons of oil; …

… pollution, if they encourage a shift away from traditional biomass fuels, such as wood, straw, crop residues and dung. … made up by combustible renewables and waste – essentially biomass and animal waste used mostly by poor households … health risks such as pollution from indoor burning of biomass. Access to electricity is recognised as being an …