EU biofuels target borderline sustainable, report finds

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Series Details 25.3.10
Publication Date 25/03/2010
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Article discusses the findings of a report 'Global Trade and Environmental Impact Study of the EU Biofuels Mandate', compiled for the European Commission DG Trade by the International Food Policy Institute (IFPRI), March 2010. The report is one of four studies commissioned by the European Commission in response to the Council and Parliament’s request to examine the indirect land use change effects of biofuels.

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European Commission: DG Trade: Global Trade and Environmental Impact Study of the EU Biofuels Mandate. Final report, March 2010 http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2010/march/tradoc_145954.pdf
European Commission: DG Trade: Press Release, 25.3.10: Biofuels and global trade study goes online http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=542
BBC News, 10.3.10: Harrabin's Notes: Battle over biofuel strategy http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8559661.stm
Friends of the Earth: Europe: Press Release, 26.3.10: Europe's biofuel policy unsustainable new research confirms http://www.foeeurope.org/press/2010/Mar26_europes_biofuel_policy_unsustainable_research_confirms.html
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