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Article

‘Low ILUC-Risk’ as a Sustainability Standard for Biofuels in the EU

by
Cato Sandford
1,
Chris Malins
1,
George Vourliotakis
2 and
Calliope Panoutsou
3,*
1
Cerulogy, London WC2H 9JQ, UK
2
Exergia, 10671 Athens, Greece
3
Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Energies 2024, 17(10), 2365; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17102365
Submission received: 1 April 2024 / Revised: 27 April 2024 / Accepted: 8 May 2024 / Published: 14 May 2024
(This article belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)
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Abstract

Producers of biofuels for the EU market may use ‘low ILUC-risk’ certification as evidence that they have not deprived other economic sectors of feedstock material, and hence that indirect land use change (ILUC) emissions have been avoided. At present, the uptake of low ILUC-risk certification is limited to a handful of niche projects, as there is little commercial incentive for obtaining certification. This may be considered a missed opportunity, because low ILUC-risk farming methods offer a range of sustainability co-benefits beyond the mitigation of ILUC emissions. This paper examines the policy foundations of low ILUC-risk and develops policy recommendations that would aim to confer advantages to low ILUC-risk biofuels. Some weaknesses in the low ILUC-risk system’s environmental safeguards are also highlighted.
Keywords: indirect land use change; low ILUC-risk; EU biofuel policy; RED Annex IX indirect land use change; low ILUC-risk; EU biofuel policy; RED Annex IX

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Sandford, C.; Malins, C.; Vourliotakis, G.; Panoutsou, C. ‘Low ILUC-Risk’ as a Sustainability Standard for Biofuels in the EU. Energies 2024, 17, 2365. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17102365

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Sandford C, Malins C, Vourliotakis G, Panoutsou C. ‘Low ILUC-Risk’ as a Sustainability Standard for Biofuels in the EU. Energies. 2024; 17(10):2365. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17102365

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Sandford, Cato, Chris Malins, George Vourliotakis, and Calliope Panoutsou. 2024. "‘Low ILUC-Risk’ as a Sustainability Standard for Biofuels in the EU" Energies 17, no. 10: 2365. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17102365

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Sandford, C., Malins, C., Vourliotakis, G., & Panoutsou, C. (2024). ‘Low ILUC-Risk’ as a Sustainability Standard for Biofuels in the EU. Energies, 17(10), 2365. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17102365

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