Biomass value chains for energy, fuels and bio‐based products involve complex, cross sector interactions between their upstream and downstream stages. Overarching policymaking to date has included the use of biomass to deliver sector specific aims (e.g. climate change, energy, etc.) however, this is mostly planned without adjusting support across the most challenging stages of biomass value chains and exploiting specific advantages related to their geographic settings (e.g. domestic feedstocks, local markets, etc.). Policies to date have, therefore, resulted in fragmented, suboptimal biomass use and debates for sustainability and resource efficiency. This opinion paper arose from the project Strategic Initiative for Resource Efficient Biomass Policies Funded by the EU Commission. It discusses the development of a dedicated Biomass Policy Framework which applies the principles of value chain analysis in policy design to enable the market uptake of sustainable, domestic, resource efficient biomass solutions. Firstly, it explains how to provide context by identifying value chains which can offer competitive advantages for biomass mobilization, market infrastructures, rural and economic development within their geographic setting. Then the work builds on the context and prioritized value chains and further rationalizes policy needs and aims within individual value chain stages. This is done by identifying policy‐related challenges and gaps that constrain sustainable and resource efficient deployment of the selected value chains. Also, it suggests policy interventions that will overcome challenges, resolve gaps and as a result mobilize local biomass and improve market uptake. Finally, it discusses the contrasting paradigms for biomass policy formation within single sector target setting and the value chain approach of the Biomass Policy Framework and uses the case of low carbon biomass heat to illustrate the strengths of the suggested approach. The paper concludes with remarks for the concept of biomass value chain analysis in policy.

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改善生物质政策形成的价值链方法

能源，燃料和生物基产品的生物质价值链涉及其上游和下游阶段之间复杂的跨部门相互作用。迄今为止，总体政策制定包括使用生物质来实现部门特定目标（例如，气候变化，能源等），但是，大多数计划是在不调整生物质价值链最具挑战性阶段的支持的情况下进行的，并且没有利用与生物质价值链相关的特定优势地理环境（例如，国内原料，当地市场等）。因此，迄今为止的政策导致生物质的使用分散，次优，并引发了关于可持续性和资源效率的争论。该意见文件来自​​欧盟委员会资助的资源高效生物质政策战略计划项目。它讨论了专门的生物质政策框架的开发，该框架在政策设计中应用了价值链分析的原理，以使市场能够采用可持续的，国内的，资源高效的生物质解决方案。首先，它解释了如何通过确定可在其地理环境中为生物质动员，市场基础设施，农村和经济发展提供竞争优势的价值链来提供背景。然后，该工作建立在上下文和优先的价值链的基础上，进一步合理化政策需求，并在各个价值链阶段实现目标。这是通过确定与政策相关的挑战和差距来完成的，这些挑战和差距限制了所选价值链的可持续和资源高效部署。此外，它还提出了可以克服挑战的政策干预措施，解决差距，从而动员当地生物质并提高市场吸收率。最后，它讨论了单一部门目标设定下生物质政策形成的反范式和生物量政策框架的价值链方法，并以低碳生物质热为例说明了该方法的优势。本文对政策中生物量价值链分析的概念作了总结。