The World Bioenergy Association (WBA) has announced that it has joined the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) as a partner. The CPLC brings together leaders from government, private sector, academia, and civil society to expand the use of carbon pricing policies.
According to a statement, by joining the Coalition, WBA will “identify and share best practices on design and implementation of carbon pricing instruments around the world, advocate for successful carbon pricing initiatives, engage with public and private sector stakeholders to accelerate the uptake of carbon pricing policies and provide input on the effects of carbon pricing on bioenergy development and deployment so as to strengthen the evidence base for carbon pricing.”
Our discussions among our members and the wider bioenergy network clearly show that carbon pricing is one of the key instruments to promote bioenergy development. CPLC is one of the leading platforms for gathering stakeholders to support carbon pricing. We feel that our partnership in CPLC will be a mutually beneficial collaboration which would further promote the discussions about carbon pricing and its impacts on the bioenergy sector, commented Bharadwaj Kummamuru, Executive Director, World Bioenergy Association.
The Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) is a voluntary partnership of 34 national and sub-national governments, over 164 businesses from a range of sectors and regions, and upwards of 85 strategic partners representing civil society organizations, NGOs, and academic institutions that agree to advance the carbon pricing agenda by working with each other towards the long-term objective of a carbon price applied throughout the global economy by:
- strengthening carbon pricing policies to redirect investment commensurate with the scale of the climate challenge;
- bringing forward and strengthening the implementation of existing carbon pricing policies to better manage investment risks and opportunities; and
- enhancing cooperation to share information, expertise, and lessons learned on developing and implementing carbon pricing through various “readiness” platforms.
In recent years, the WBA has published joint papers with leading bioenergy associations on the impacts of carbon pricing on bioenergy and renewable energy development around the world.
