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Three Briefings on Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) and Emissions from Biofuel Crops

EU biofuel targets are leading to a rapid increase in demand for agricultural land at the expense of forests and other carbon rich habitats. This expansion is often indirect – biofuel crops displace other crops which move to the forest. Scientific research has now shown that emissions from indirect land use change (ILUC) have the …

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Africa: Up for grabs – The scale and impact of land grabbing for agrofuels

The amount of land being taken in Africa to meet Europe’s increasing demand for biofuels is underestimated and out of control, this investigation reveals. The research looks at 11 African countries and finds at least five million hectares of land is being acquired by foreign companies to produce biofuels mainly for the European market. The …

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Overconsumption – Our use of the world’s natural resources

Many of the problems that threaten mankind’s survival on the planet result from the increased consumption of energy, water and raw materials, the increased production of waste and emissions and the increased human use of land area. This report provides evidence on current trends in resource use in different world regions and its environmental and …

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The price tag of nuclear power

The nuclear industry is trying to make a come back by claiming to be a solution for the world’s rapidly increasing demand for energy over the last decades and the threat of a dramatic climate change. This report highlights the current PR-war being fought by the nuclear lobby to advertise the unproven and false statements …

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