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Available criteria include the Climate Bonds Standard and Certification Scheme, the Climate Bonds Climate Resilience Principles, Green Bond Principles (GBPs), the EU Sustainability Taxonomy, the MDB Joint Methodology for Tracking Climate Change Adaptation Finance, and the People’s Bank of China’s (PBOC) Green Bond Catalogue.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clibonds-000861#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Climate resilience investments are categorized into two types: those whose primary purpose is to provide resilience benefits to a broader system, and those aimed at adapting a specific asset or activity to climate change. For the former, the entire cost of the activity is eligible; for the latter, only the specific costs of adaptation are eligible, excluding the cost of the asset itself.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clibonds-000861#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"To identify qualifying assets, issuers must use robust climate projections and modelling to justify that investments reduce climate risks over the asset's operating life. For investments benefiting broader communities or systems, issuers must also quantify the expected adaptation benefits. 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It establishes a temporal declining trajectory for life-cycle GHG emissions, aiming for near-zero emissions by 2050. The document defines eligible biomass feedstocks—categorized into agricultural, forestry, processing waste, and aquatic biomass—and sets strict sustainability requirements to prevent negative impacts on biodiversity, food security, and carbon stocks. Special emphasis is placed on mitigating methane emissions in the biogas and biomethane value chain through the adoption of 'best-practice' scenarios and leak detection and repair (LDAR) programs. 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For example, the 2025 minimum reduction for road transport is 50%, resulting in a threshold of 47 gCO2e/MJ.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clibonds-000926#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The criteria restrict eligible woody biomass to 'waste woody biomass' only, specifically excluding 'stemwood' (the main stem of a tree merchantable as sawtimber) to adhere to the Cascading Principles for the optimal use of wood.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clibonds-000926#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"For agricultural biomass, the criteria implement a risk-based approach to manage indirect land-use change (iLUC), allowing projects to be qualified as low iLUC risk if they use a 'Productive Intensification System' recognized by authorities, provided it was implemented within the last 20 years and does not divert food supplies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clibonds-000926#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Food security mitigation measures are mandatory for bioenergy projects in countries with a Global Hunger Index (GHI) score greater than 20, or those with a GHI between 10-20 and a prevalence of undernourishment (PoU) greater than 5%.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clibonds-000926#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document introduces specific methane emission default values for the biogas and biomethane value chain, distinguishing between 'Standard' and 'Best Practice' scenarios to encourage the adoption of mitigation technologies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clibonds-000926#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Best practices for methane reduction in biogas plants include the implementation of a certified voluntary Leakage, Detection and Repair (LDAR) programme, the use of automatically activated flares, and maintaining digestate in airtight environments for at least 50 days.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clibonds-000926#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Aquatic biomass, including microalgae, cyanobacteria, and macroalgae, is included as an eligible feedstock due to its energy potential and ability to be cultivated in diverse environments.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clibonds-000926#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Adaptation and Resilience (A&R) criteria require entities to assess climate hazards over the typical asset lifetime of 30 years and implement monitoring and evaluation plans to manage identified risks.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"clibonds-000926#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["bioenergy","biogas","renewable natural gas","climate bond","life cycle assessment","greenhouse gas emissions","methane emissions","food security","Sustainable Aviation Fuel","carbon capture and storage","climate change adaptation","climate resilience"],"geography_discussed":["Brazil","India","Indonesia","European Union"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["technical framework","policy rationale","sustainability criteria"]}]}