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Impact of renewable energy on biodiversity
This research project funding programme led by the Foundation for Biodiversity Research and the Mirova Research Center aims to better assess the impact of renewable energy on biodiversity and to produce operational recommendations on best practices for stakeholders in the sector.
The research program on the “Impacts of renewable energy on biodiversity” aims to identify current scientific knowledge on the impacts of renewable energy production infrastructures on biodiversity, through the five major drivers of biodiversity loss identified by Ipbes, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. These drivers are land-use change, species exploitation, pollution, climate change and invasive alien species. The impacts of these infrastructures occur at different scales, whether at the level of individuals (disturbance, injury or death), populations, species, communities or ecosystems.
This program aims to:
- Improve the understanding of the impacts of wind energy production infrastructures, both onshore and offshore, on biodiversity. This includes quantifying these impacts, exploring solutions for avoidance, reduction and compensation, and establishing practical recommendations for stakeholders in the wind energy sector.
- Highlight beneficial practices while identifying and abandoning those that are harmful.
- Provide operational recommendations based on solid scientific data in order to promote optimal development and operational methods for renewable energy production infrastructures.
Knowledge synthesis
In accordance with Target 15 of the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, all economic actors must reduce their negative impacts on biodiversity, including the impacts of solutions aimed at mitigating climate change. Thus, energy production, like other human activities, must transition toward more sustainable actions while preserving biodiversity.
These knowledge syntheses provide recommendations specifically developed for three major groups of stakeholders: the scientific community, government decision-makers and wind energy operators. These proposals aim to reconcile the imperatives of the energy transition with the need to preserve flying biodiversity.
Knowledge syntheses:
Research projects on the impacts of wind energy on biodiversity
Building on current knowledge and ongoing studies, the Foundation for Biodiversity Research and the Mirova Research Center have joined forces to create a funding program for research projects in order to better assess the impact of renewable energy on biodiversity and produce operational recommendations for improved practices for stakeholders in the sector.
The aim of this call is to improve knowledge on the impacts of onshore and offshore wind energy production infrastructures on biodiversity, particularly their quantification, avoidance, reduction and compensation solutions, and to establish operational recommendations for stakeholders in the wind energy sector in order to promote better development and operational practices, and to adapt existing practices to reduce these impacts on biodiversity. more info
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