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Briefing: Understanding the biofuel trade-offs between Indirect land use change (ILUC), hunger and poverty

03/09/2014

Climate justice & energy Food, farming & nature Resource justice & new economies Food & farming / agriculture Fossil fuels
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03/09/14
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The European Parliament and the Council of the EU are currently considering reforms that could change the course of biofuels policy – by ensuring that only biofuels that “help achieving substantial emission cuts, do not directly compete with food and are more sustainable at the same time” are promoted.

However, a new analysis by Searchinger shows that the proposal being debated does not deliver this.

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