Due to EU policies on biofuels, including generous subisidies, EU biofuels consumption is expected to double between 2010 and 2020. However, this is having a massive impact on poor communities around...
In a major shift in its biofuels policy, the European Commission today announced that it was limiting the use of biofuels made from food crops in its renewable energy targets. But late changes to the...
Over the last few years we’ve been showing how the European Union’s biofuels targets have led to land grabs and food insecurity in developing countries. Europe’s thirst for fuel has had a huge...
In recent years, communities supported by ActionAid and its partners from around the world have suffered the negative impacts of industrial biofuels production projects and policies. While ActionAid...
On 7th of December the European Commission presented its proposal on how it will spend €62 billion on aid between 2014 and 2020.This represents a slight increase in the EU’s development budget and is...
For decades, European dairy farmers have been given massive subsidies under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union (EU). This has enabled them to export cheap milk powder, among...
Over the last century, innovation in global air transport has opened the door for endless possibilities worldwide. Because of these innovations we get to explore new parts of the world, visit our...
Against a background of unprecedented food shortages, including in Senegal, this study aims to analyse how the Economic Partnership Agreements currently under negotiation between the EU and West...
In a recent meeting, Andris Piebalgs, the EU’s Development Commissioner said he was yet to hear of any cases where land was being grabbed by European companies for biofuel plantations.
On 6th April, the OECD published figures showing how much money was given in development aid in 2010. In reaction, the EU’s Development Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, congratulated the EU on being “...
