Announcements
Announcements
Transforming farmers from annadatas to urjadatas, from food producers to energy producers. India’s blueprint to lift the livelihoods of tens of millions of farmers reached the international stage in September, as prime minister Narendra Modi triumphantly unveiled the Global Biofuels Alliance at the G20 summit in Delhi.
After months of behind-the-scenes negotiations, nineteen countries signed up to the India-led coalition. These included the United States and Brazil, the world’s top biofuel producers.
“India wanted to bring international attention to a subject important to them,” a source involved in the alliance’s creation told Climate Home News. “They thought this was a low-hanging fruit that countries had not talked about much and they could turn it into an international topic.”
The alliance pitches biofuels as key to the energy transition away from fossil fuels. But critics argue they could do more harm than good by diverting land away from other priority uses, fuelling deforestation and unleashing significant amounts of emissions across their supply chains.
Read full article at Climate Home News.
SEI working paper / How do forest fires affect natural climate solution projects and their viability on the voluntary carbon markets?
Press release / Burundi moves a step further fighting air pollution, due to the launch of a new research centre on health and environment.
Media advisory / At a press briefing, SEI experts will highlight the key topics ahead of the international climate change negotiations to be held in Dubai.
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