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1. Overview Modern bioenergy is widely acknowledged as a potential substitute for fossil fuels to offset human dependence on fossil fuels for energy. It has the potential to make an important contribution towards sustainable development, from rural development and poverty alleviation to energy security and climate change mitigation. Modern bioenergy would play a key role in the sustainable transformation of energy systems, along with its decisive contribution in developing a low-carbon growth path while contributing to energy diversification and security [1,2]. Nevertheless, there are concerns and scientific debate on sustainable bioenergy, especially on land-use change (LUC), food security, and biodiversity loss [3]. In order to minimize the potential risks and challenges, we need to understand interdisciplinary dimensions such as government policies, financing schemes, stakeholders’ engagement, and intersectoral linkages while devising sustainable bioenergy strategies. Bioenergy accounts for the largest share of the global energy supply compared to all renewable energy resources [4]. In spite of the largest share among other renewables with 10% of the global primary energy supply [5], the current rate of bioenergy deployment is well below the levels required for low-carbon scenarios [6]. Accelerated deployment is urgently needed in order to ramp up the contribution of sustainable bioenergy across all sectors, notably in the transport sector, where consumption is estimated to triple by 2030. There is an increasing understanding that only bioenergy that is supplied and used sustainably has a place in a low-carbon energy future. Modern bioenergy has several positive benefits, and synergies need to be established between energy and food security through an integrated assessment of resources. There is a plethora of bioenergy research either in the supply chains, conversion technologies, or techno-economic analysis of different biofuel production pathways [7]. However, little attention has been shown to how bioenergy production and consumption would have a role in sustainable development. What are the synergies and trade-offs between bioenergy use and the SDGs? The nexus approach can be useful in understanding the synergies and trade-offs, capturing the interdependence between scarce resources (e.g., water, energy, land). It is also critically important to explore cross-cutting issues such as socio-political, techno-economic, legal, and environmental ones when it comes to the deployment of biofuels for sustainable development. Investment plans also need to be addressed considering transformations and complexities associated with biofuels.

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Special Issue on Assessing the Modern Bioenergy Potential and Strategies for Sustainable Development: Transformations through Nexus, Policy, and Innovations