WWF EU Event: Advanced Biofuels and Indirect Land Use Change: is Europe up for the challenge?
Posted on March, 05 2013
Speakers' presentation from WWF briefing organised at the European Parliament on 26 February 2013.
On 26 February, WWF organised in the European Parliament an EU Briefing on Advanced Biofuels and Indirect Use Change.Speakers discussed the best policy tools to spur the deployment of advanced biofuels while ensuring their production remains sustainable. They took the Commission’s proposal on Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) as a starting point.
This event was organised in cooperation with Novozymes.
See the speakers' presentation under downloads.
On the sidelines of the event, Jason Anderson, Head of EU climate and energy policy at WWF European Policy Office, talked about the most important and controversial issues in the EC's proposal on indirect land use. Watch the video here.
Participants to the event also shared their views on EU policies on advanced biofuels and indirect land use change. Watch the video here.
See the speakers' presentation under downloads.
On the sidelines of the event, Jason Anderson, Head of EU climate and energy policy at WWF European Policy Office, talked about the most important and controversial issues in the EC's proposal on indirect land use. Watch the video here.
Participants to the event also shared their views on EU policies on advanced biofuels and indirect land use change. Watch the video here.
WWF, as well as several social and environmental groups, have expressed concerns about the indirect impacts caused by the production of land- and food crop-based biofuels.
© Istockphoto / Andrey Stenkin
WWF, as well as several social and environmental groups, have expressed concerns about the indirect impacts caused by the production of land- and food crop-based biofuels.
© Istockphoto / Andrey Stenkin
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Oyvind Vessia, European Commission: "The Commission's ILUC proposal and advanced biofules"
PDF 507 KB
Bettina Kretschmer, IEEP: "The potential and challenges of wastes and residues - the example of straw"?
PDF 1.14 MB
Kare Riis Nielsen, Novozymes: "Realising the potential of advanced biofuels"
PDF 1.26 MB
Jason Anderson, WWF: "Smart and sustainable use of agriculture residues"
PDF 236 KB
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