While biofuels contribute more than 90% of all renewable energy in European transport (2021), their climate benefit has been disputed based on a supposed effect called “indirect Land Use Change (iLUC)”. However, while the theory appears to describe a plausible chain of effects, the iLUC effect’s actual extent remains highly uncertain. We take a closer look with Prof. Dr. Matthias Finkbeiner, a world-leading expert in environmental assessment.

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