dc.contributor.author	Herman, Marc-Olivier	*
dc.contributor.author	Mayrhofer, Jan	*
dc.date.accessioned	2016-10-24T16:32:35Z
dc.date.available	2016-10-24T16:32:35Z
dc.date.issued	2016-10-26
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-85598-799-2
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10546/620123
dc.description	<p>There is overwhelming evidence of the harm caused by the European Union's current bioenergy policy to people in developing countries, to the climate and to Europe's own sustainable development. The policy is on a collision course with the Paris climate agreement and the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.</p> <p>This briefing follows the trail of destruction left by the policy on three continents. It assesses the extraordinary lobbying 'firepower' and powerful network of influence at the disposal of the European biofuel industry and its allies, which is blocking reform. In the past year alone, actors in the biofuel value chain - from feedstock growers to biofuel producers - spent over ‚¬14m and hired nearly 400 lobbyists. Biofuel producers spend as much on EU influencing as the tobacco lobby. EU decision makers must free themselves from the stranglehold of powerful corporate groups - and choose genuinely sustainable and renewable energy to meet their 2030 climate and energy goals.</p>	en_US
dc.format.extent	44	en_US
dc.language.iso	English	en_US
dc.language.iso	French	en_US
dc.language.iso	Spanish	en_US
dc.language.iso	Italian	en_US
dc.publisher	Oxfam	en_US
dc.relation.url	https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/burning-land-burning-the-climate-the-biofuel-industrys-capture-of-eu-bioenergy-620123
dc.subject	Climate change
dc.subject	Private sector
dc.title	Burning Land, Burning the Climate: The biofuel industry's capture of EU bioenergy policy	en_US
dc.type	Briefing paper	en_US
oxfam.signoff.status	For public use. Can be shared outside Oxfam.	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Indonesia	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Peru	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Tanzania	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Land rights	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Bio-energy	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Biofuels	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Paris Agreement	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Sustainable Development Goals	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	SDGs	en_US
dc.year.issuedate	2016	en_US
refterms.dateFOA	2018-08-20T09:41:14Z

Burning Land, Burning the Climate: The biofuel industry's capture of EU bioenergy policy

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