On 12 December, energy ministers will come together in Brussels to vote on the European Commission’s proposed reform of EU biofuel policy.
The reform is designed to reduce the environmental and social impacts of EU demand for biofuels – specifically the Indirect Land-Use Change (ILUC) effects of their production. This media advisory outlines how, if left unchanged, current policy will lead to higher instead of lower greenhouse gas emissions compared to fossil fuels, will destroy forests and damage biodiversity, will push small scale farmers off their land and threaten the food security of the world’s poorest people.
But going back on the 2035 zero-emissions target and deploying no industrial strategy could instead see loss of 1 million auto jobs.
A new study models the impact of EU electric vehicle leadership and ambitious policies on investment and jobs.
In many markets European carmakers are falling behind Chinese EV manufacturers as they have little to offer to aspiring drivers in the Global South ri...