Biofuelwatch, Forest Watch Indonesia and Global Forest Coalition are calling the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to exclude harmful biofuels from compliance with the Net-Zero Framework. Last week, during the Extraordinary Session of the
Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC ES.2) in London, countries decided to postpone the decision on the adoption of the Framework to 2026. But important discussions will continue on 20–24 October on key details on clean energy incentives in the Framework, and the organisations stress the importance of preventing biofuels from being included as a supposed “green” alternative to fossil fuels.
Decades of evidence show that indirect land use change (ILUC) emissions from crop-based biofuels – such as soy and oil palm – wipe out their claimed climate benefits, driving forest loss, food insecurity, and land and water grabbing as agriculture is displaced onto marginal or uncultivated land. Soy and oil palm-based biofuels can generate emissions even higher than
fossil fuels.
“Biofuels are
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