New Report from Harvard Kennedy School Researchers Calls for Changes to Biofuels Incentives

29 Jul 08

Despite pressure from biofuel critics, governments should avoid simplistic and precipitous changes in course such as rollback or moratoria on existing biofuels mandates or incentives, according to a new report from the Harvard Kennedy School which stems from a two-day workshop in May 2008  hosted by Harvard Kennedy School, in cooperation with the Global Bioenergy Partnership and Venice International University. The report urges governments to initiate an orderly, innovation-enhancing transition towards incentives targeted on multi-dimensional goals for biofuels development. These goals should include poverty alleviation, reducing net greenhouse gas emissions, increasing use of non-food feedstocks, attaining sustainable biofuel production targets and conserving biodiversity.

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