LiberEarth
The consultancy of Jacopo Giuntoli, PhD
Why "LiberEarth"?
I have chosen the name ‘LiberEarth’ because it reflects my idea of what a sustainable future should look like. A future in which humans finally accept to share the Planet with non-humans’ species, liberating land and resources for the rest of our fellow travellers on spaceship Earth.
LiberEarth stands for the physical liberation of land (for instance by rewilding and conservation), for the ecological liberation of the planet from human-induced environmental pressures; and for the moral liberation of humanity from the anthropocentric worldview which has fuelled the incessant exploitation of Nature and enslavement of non-human species for profit.
About me
My name is Jacopo Giuntoli, I am a sustainability researcher with broad-ranging expertise on bioenergy, bioeconomy, and climate and energy policies.
I have worked for the past 10 years assessing the environmental impacts of bioenergy and bio-based products through Life Cycle Assessment.
I have worked most of my career at the boundary between science and policy, as my portfolio shows. I have dedicated my career to raising the awareness of European policymakers on the potential trade-offs between bioenergy deployment and the risks for climate and ecosystems' health. For instance, in 2013 our report on carbon accounting of forest bioenergy opened up a debate which continues today. In 2022 I complemented that analysis with a review on the impacts of forest bioenergy on biodiversity.
I was the main author of the GHG Default values for solid and gaseous biomass fuels which are published in the Directive 2018/2001 (i.e. the Renewable Energy Directive - REDII).
Lately, I am working to design a EU Monitoring system for the EU Bioeconomy, where we assess the Bioeconomy as a social-ecological system in order to provide a holistic sustainability assessment.
Currently I am an independent, freelance, research consultant and this website functions at the moment mainly as a portfolio of my activity (Showcase), a repository of my work (Publications), and a gateway to contact me or contract my services (Contact). In the Communication section I collect my Tweets, vent my thoughts, and share my latest research ideas.
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