IEA official plays down biofuel logging risk at IMO
- Industry groups argue biofuels don’t cause deforestation; green groups argue the opposite
- Sustainability of biofuels depends on where they’re from and how they’re made
- IMO is hashing out lifecycle guidelines to rank greenery of alternative fuels
The IEA’s head of renewable energy played down the risks of biofuel crops leading to deforestation, saying the IMO should use a tiered, risk-based approach to assessing biofuels' sustainability. Green groups said the link between biofuels and logging was well established and backed stricter controls
