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Biofuels: ethical issues [1]

This report considers the ethical, social and policy issues raised by biofuels and sets out an ethical framework for both current and future biofuels production and makes a number of recommendations to policy makers.

 

 

 

 

 

The report considers the ethical, social and policy issues raised by biofuels. The rapid adoption of biofuels has been driven by targets and other policy instruments, but first generation biofuels have been widely criticised. There are ongoing efforts to develop new biofuels that aim to avoid the problems of the past, and research into these new approaches should be supported. The report concludes that many biofuels policies fail to take account of important ethical principles, such as protecting human rights, environmental sustainability, climate change mitigation, just reward, and equitable distribution of costs and benefits. It sets out an ethical framework for both current and future biofuels production and makes a number of recommendations to policy makers.

Publication Date: 
02/04/2011
Nuffield Council on Bioethics [2]
Tags:
Biofuel [3], Environment [4], Economic Development [5], India [6], Global [7], Climate Change [8], Climate Mitigation [9], Ethanol [10], Food Security [11], Bio Fuel Crops [12], Biomass [13], Benefit Sharing [14], Energy [15]

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