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Biofuelling Poverty: Why The EU Renewable Fuel Target May Be Disastrous For Poor People by Oxfam is a document available to read on EtoBox.

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 Com

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Oxfam

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