An Oxfam Briefing Note reflects on the negative impacts of bio-fuels on poor people. The briefing note titled, Bio-fuelling Poverty: Why the EU renewable-fuel target may be disastrous for poor people, argues that the Renewable Energy Roadmap published by the European Commission 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.”

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