Biofuels Linking Support to Performance

Biofuels received USD 15 billion in subsidies in OECD Member countries in 2007, but did they deliver benefits in terms of climate change or oil security? Present policies make no link between support for biofuels and their environmental performance, and biofuels do not all perform equally well. In f...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Transport Forum
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2008
Series:ITF Round Tables
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The performance of Brazilian biofuels
  • Subsidies: the distorted economics of biofuels
  • Energy and greenhouse impacts of biofuels
  • The environmental certification of biofuels
  • Sustainable biofuels for the transport sector
  • Summary of discussions