We are deeply concerned by the government's ongoing support for aviation biofuels, often erroneously known as 'sustainable aviation fuel'. The SAF Bill is now progressing through the Lords, and we want to make it clear to them that this technology is not a climate...
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Campaigners Urge the IMO to Keep Biofuels Out of Net-Zero Framework
Joint press release by Global Forest Coalition, Forest Watch Indonesia and Biofuelwatch LONDON, 20 October 2025 – Biofuelwatch, Forest Watch Indonesia and Global Forest Coalition are calling the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to exclude harmful biofuels...
Burning HVO for electricity and heat in Ireland – climate and environmental impacts
Biofuelwatch briefing about the impacts of irish government support for Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil Click here to download the full report Summary: Despite well-established fraud and sustainability concerns, the Irish government is pushing ahead with supporting HVO...
What the biofuels industry doesn’t want you to know
What’s really in your ‘sustainable’ biofuels? Click here to download Biofuelwatch's report about the ISCC Biofuels, especially palm oil, have long been associated with deforestation. That’s why Germany set up the ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon...
Whistleblowers reveal profound failure of ISCC to implement biofuel “sustainability standards”
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E-action: oppose the biofuels conversion at Grangemouth
Tell your msp: no biofuels at grangemouth! The Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland recently closed with the loss of over 400 jobs. On the advice of the corporate owners, INEOS and PetroChina, the British and Scottish governments are pursuing a variety of...
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,...
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...
A Global Fat Grab: examining the push for aviation biofuels
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Submission opposing a Sustainable Aviation Fuels Bill in California
Biofuelwatch submission to the Californian Senate Environmental Quality Committee opposing a Sustainable Aviation Fuels bill: Our organization Biofuelwatch offers this position letter to the Senate Environmental Quality Committee for your consideration. Biofuelwatch...
Case study on the Omega Green Biofuel refinery in Paraguay
Producing fuel for otherpeople’s planes Case study by HEÑÓI (Centro de Estudios y promoción de la Democracia, los Derechos Humanos y la Sostenibilidad Socioambiental), Paraguay, published by HEÑÓI, Stay Groounded, , Biofuelwatch and Global Forest Coalition, March 2022...
Joint Letter to UK Secretary of State for Transport: Prioritising food security over biofuels
Dear Mr Shapps, 24th March 2022 - As the world looks with growing horror at the invasion of Ukraine, decisive and urgent action is needed to mitigate the dramatic impact this conflict is having, not only on the people of the Ukraine, but also far beyond. An area of...
Drax admits lack of data about its own BECCS proposals
Written Responses from Drax Consultation Team from between 17th and 23rd of December 2021 Drax has also responded to questions from Biofuelwatch during a consultation in March 2021, in which it admitted that it had no real-world for capturing carbon from their biomass...
NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2021
Dear Biofuelwatch supporter Welcome to our packed October 2021 newsletter full of updates about campaigns that we – and you – have been supporting, and policy developments. Important reading for anyone who wants to see meaningful responses to climate change and who is...
IEA report projected to increase ‘modern’ bioenergy generation globally
Read related DeSmog article here written by a Biofuelwatch Co-Director The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its report: ‘Net Zero by 2050: A roadmap for the global energy system’. According to the report’s ‘Net Zero Emissions’ scenario an almost three...
Environmental groups denounce deeply flawed EU consultation on the Climate Target Roadmap 2030
Amsterdam, 23rd June 2020 - Global Forest Coalition is a coalition of 100 NGOs and Indigenous Peoples Organisations who work to protect and defend forests, social justice and the rights of forest peoples. We write to express our deep concerns about the impacts...
Biofuelwatch response to Sustainable Tourism Enquiry (UK)
Response to Environmental Audit Committee’s Enquiry into Sustainable Tourism
NOT A CONFERENCE! A CALL TO ACTION! October 11-14, 2019 Shawnee National Forest (U.S)
We are pleased to sponsor: The 2019 North American Forest & Climate Movement Convergence Shawnee National Forest, Southern Illinois (U.S.) October 11 through October 14 2019– culminating on Indigenous Peoples’ Day To join us register here “This...