Indirect Land Use Change Impacts of Biofuels

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) welcomes the opportunity to provide the European Commission (EC) with views on the scale and characteristics of the issue of Indirect Land Use Change (iLUC) arising from the promotion and use of biofuels under the Renewable Energy Sources Directive (RES-D). IUCN supports the transition to energy systems that are ecologically sustainable, socially just and economically efficient.