Another inconvenient truth: how biofuel policies are deepening poverty and accelerating climate change
Another inconvenient truth: how biofuel policies are deepening poverty and accelerating climate change
The current biofuel policies of rich countries are neither a solution to the climate crisis nor the oil crisis, and instead are contributing to a third: the food crisis. In poor countries, biofuels may offer some genuine development opportunities, but the potential economic, social, and environmental costs are severe, and decision makers should proceed with caution.
Publication Date:
31/05/2008