dc.contributor.author	Bailey, Robert	*
dc.date.accessioned	2010-10-29T14:16:27Z	en
dc.date.available	2010-10-29T14:16:27Z	en
dc.date.issued	2007-11-01
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-84814-241-1
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10546/114092
dc.description	In January of this year, the European Commission published its Renewable Energy Roadmap, proposing a mandatory target that biofuels must provide ten per cent of member states' transport fuels by 2020. This target is creating a scramble to supply in the South, posing a serious threat to vulnerable people at risk from land-grabbing, exploitation, and deteriorating food security. It is unacceptable that poor people in developing countries bear the costs of emissions reductions in the EU. To avoid this, the Commission must include social standards in its sustainability framework, and develop mechanisms by which the ten per cent target can be revised if it is found to be contributing to the destruction of vulnerable people's livelihoods.	en_US
dc.format.extent	12	en_US
dc.format.mimetype	PDF	en_US
dc.language.iso	English	en_US
dc.language.iso	Portuguese	en_US
dc.language.iso	French	en_US
dc.language.iso	German	en_US
dc.language.iso	Spanish	en_US
dc.publisher	Oxfam International	en_US
dc.relation.url	https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/biofuelling-poverty-why-the-eu-renewable-fuel-target-may-be-disastrous-for-poor-114092
dc.subject	Climate change
dc.title	Biofuelling Poverty: Why the EU renewable fuel target may be disastrous for poor people	en_US
dc.type	Briefing note	en_US
oxfam.signoff.status	For public use. Can be shared outside Oxfam.	en_US
refterms.dateFOA	2018-08-17T06:43:41Z

Biofuelling Poverty: Why the EU renewable fuel target may be disastrous for poor people

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