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ONG mundiales piden a la Organización Marítima Internacional que rechace los biocombustibles y se comprometa al uso de energías verdaderamente limpias
LONDRES / UTRECHT, 31 de marzo de 2025 – Antes de la última ronda de negociaciones de la Organización Marítima Internacional (OMI) (31 de marzo – 1 de abril ISWG-GHG-19, 7 – 11 de abril MEPC83) sobre medidas para lograr emisiones “netas cero” de gases de efecto...
Global NGOs Call on International Maritime Org to Reject Biofuels and Commit to Truly Clean Energy
LONDON / UTRECHT, 31 March 2025 – As the International Maritime Organization (IMO) prepares to finalize negotiations (31 March – 1 April ISWG-GHG-19, 7 – 11 April MEPC83) on key measures for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in international shipping,...
Papierindustrie setzt auf klima- und umweltschädliche Holzenergie
Umweltorganisationen fordern Stopp von Subventionen für das Verfeuern von Holz Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von ROBIN WOOD und Biofuelwatch zum „Internationalen Tag des Waldes" 21. März 2025 - Die Papier- und Zellstoffindustrie in Deutschland verfeuert in großem Stil...
Reports, briefings and presentations
What’s wrong with the newly announced subsidies for burning wood for electricity?’ MP Briefing – March 2025
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Real links between wildfires and biomass energy in Portugal
Report by Acrescimo, IRIS, Quercus and BiofUelwatch Click here to download the report Introduction The Pilling on the Pressure report, published at the beginning of 2023, together with Biofuelwatch, revealed a worrying trend (see graph on page 7): according to the...
Shipping industry’s biofuels plan threatens rainforests, communities and climate
Open Letter to the Secretariat of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Click here to read the letter in Spanish 17th February, 2025 - The UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) will soon finalise its negotiations on key climate laws for international...
Responses
Submission to UNFCCC on carbon removals
Supervisory Body report about Removal activities under the Article 6.4 mechanism
Response to Scottish Government consulation on Energy and Climate Justice Strategy
Scottish Energy and Climate Justice Strategy response, May 2023
Stellungnahme zu den Eckpunkten für eine Nationale Biomassestrategie (NABIS
Biofuelwatch Stellungnahme zu den Eckpunkten für eine Nationale Biomassestrategie (NABIS) PDF der Kommentare mit Literaturangaben Vorbemerkung: Biofuelwatch arbeitet seit zwei Jahren gemeinsam mit deutschen Umweltorganisationen zum Thema Holzbiomasse in Deutschland....
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
Real Zero Europe Statement
To avoid the worst effects of climate chaos, we must radically transform systems and achieve Real Zero Click here to download the joint statement with the list of signatories in English, Spanish, French, German or Italian To avoid the worst effects of climate chaos,...
Open Letter to Governor Cooper: Stop the expansion of the wood pellet industry
Biofuelwatch and 71 other environmental and climate justice organisations based in the UK have written an open letter to Governor Cooper to ask him to stop the expansion of the wood pellet industry in North Carolina. Enviva is applying to expand production at...
Open Letter to Dutch House of Representatives
Joint open letter by 31 organisations from the Netherlands and five countries exporting wood pellets burned in Dutch power plants Click here to download the letter with references and list of signatories Klik hier voor de Nederlandse versie van de brief. Open Letter...