Biofuels or Bicycles? Why the European Union should reconsider its biofuels target.

Date of publication: 
20 February 2008
Pages: 
2

In this CEPS Commentary, CEPS Research Fellow Arno Behrens argues that the EU’s target of increasing the share of biofuels in transport to 10% by the year 2020 is unjustified, and that the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions could be achieved more efficiently with other technologies and policies.