Debbie Hammel
Director, Forests
As director of the Land Markets Initiative for NRDC’s Land & Wildlife program, Debbie Hammel concentrates on issues relating to bioenergy and sustainable forest management. With more than 30 years of experience in designing third-party environmental certification systems, she is an internationally recognized expert on sustainable forest management, supply-chain management, and chain-of-custody certification. Her recent work has focused on shaping renewable energy policy at the international, state, and federal levels, as well as in the private-sector to ensure bioenergy reduces carbon emissions and protects our land, water, and wildlife. Hammel is based in San Francisco.
Areas of Work
Forests & LandsRelated content
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Countries Increase Biomass Subsidies Despite COP27 Pledge
Expert BlogInternationalDebbie Hammel, Elly Pepper
EU must follow the science and end tree-burning for energy
Expert BlogInternationalDebbie Hammel
Burning wood for electricity is exacerbating climate change, and European wood imports for energy production degrade sensitive and highly biodiverse habitats in the process.
South Korean Green New Deal Should Not Support Dirty Biomass
Expert BlogDebbie Hammel
In this month’s elections, South Korean voters elected the greenest government in history, one committed to a Korean Green New Deal that would put the nation on the path to zero emissions by 2050. It’s an exciting prospect, but if…
Publications
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Raising the Bar: NRDC’s Aviation Biofuels Scorecards
ReportUnited StatesDebbie Hammel
The aviation industry represents the transportation sector with the fastest growing greenhouse gas emissions. It is also not regulated under the 2015 Paris Agreement. Yet, it has set commendable goals to shrink its carbon footprint.
The Sustainable Biomass Program: A Smokescreen for Forest Destruction and Corporate Non-accountability
Issue PaperUnited States, InternationalDebbie Hammel
How to Buy Good Wood
How-ToUnited StatesAmanda MacMillan
Your guide to purchasing sustainably sourced lumber and furniture.